 From 2013-2015 up to 31 rats assisted demining by heavy machinery and people with metal detectors at two sites, Ngola Luige in Malanje and in Malele in Zaire province, bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo.In early 2014 the national Cambodia Mine Action Centre (CMAC) started demining a site, with the help of Norwegian Peoples Aid, using conventional mine clearance methods.When the southern giant pouched rats ("Cricetomys ansorgei") are flown in they must first be acclimatised to the specific country, and be accredited by the local national agency, which will take a number of months.