Abdulrahman Abdulrahman feared for his pregnant wife when he fell ill and his local clinic couldn’t tell him what he had. My name is Abdulrahman and I’m 25 years old. My wife and I have a little baby daughter who is three months old and we live close to Tandale market in Dar es Salaam. […]
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Mine Action Angola – Diu Luciano Village Chief of Camatende Village, Malanje The landmines have always prevented our freedom of movement. From the last house in the village, you can see the sign that shows where the landmines begin, only about 30 meters away. That is prime land for growing crops. But during the war,
MINE ACTION ANGOLA – PEDRO XAVIER & EDUARDO PONA Farmers at Malele, Angola Pedro “We are brothers and this is our farm. Can you see the red sticks? This means that until recently, we thought there might be landmines here. In fact there were no landmines at all and our land has not been used
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MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – DIT SIM Landmines were discovered all around the fields near the village shop. My name is Dit Sim and this is my son Sim Sreyda, he is 3 months old. We are sitting in my mother’s shop that I have worked in for the last 10 years. Until recently the land
MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – LAY LOUN & CHAN SARET “I’ve worked on this land for the last 3 years and I always worried that landmines lay hidden here – there have been so many accidents nearby. But I had no choice, I had to feed my family and send my daughter to school. She works
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MINE ACTION CAMBODIA – LEAV Leav had no choice but to farm his land. The HeroRATs found 7 landmines in his fields. “I am the Deputy Village Chief for Khnar Phtuol, near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Today I am a happy man. APOPO and their partner CMAC erected a sign to say that they have cleared
A farmer who called the EOD team after his daughter found an old bomb lying in undergrowth. My name is Chun Ry (far right) and this is my family. I am a farmer who supports eight children. I grow rice and cassava, and I raise 4 cows and many chickens. I have worked my farm
MINE ACTION ANGOLA – JOÃO A landmine was found buried hardly 20 meters from where the school children play. The military camp was very close to the school and after the war we had to be very careful with the children. The minefield was strictly off limits but children play and when your back is
Benny Benny was brought to the clinic twice, each time the clinic was unable to find his TB, luckily APOPO did. “My name is Benny and I’m 10 years old. I live in Dar es Salaam with my relatives. Earlier this year I got really ill and the doctors did not know why. My aunt