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
Husna Husna fell ill soon after her mother in law was diagnosed with tuberculosis. My name is Husna and I’m 32 years old. I live with my husband and five of his family members in Dar es Salaam. Last year my mother in law fell ill with a fever and cough. We thought she just
STAFF STORY: ZACARIAS Alberto Jorge Zacarias is an APOPO Mine Detection Rat (MDR) supervisor. “I joined APOPO in 2006 and worked as a deminer for 2 years. Before this I had worked with NPA as a deminer, researcher and dog trainer. At that time the HeroRATs were not yet deployed. We cleared landmines with metal