MAG (Mines Advisory Group) saves and improves lives by reducing the devastating effects armed violence and remnants of conflict have on people around the world.
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Saving lives and limbs...
A neutral and impartial humanitarian organisation, MAG [pronounced "Mag"] works in current and former conflict zones to reduce the threat of death and injury from remnants of conflict.
These include anti-personnel and anti-vehicle landmines, as well as rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades, ammunition, Small Arms and Light Weapons, and many more types of deadly items.
So we don’t just carry out landmine or bomb clearance – some of our projects aren’t even about landmines.
We also educate people living, working and travelling through contaminated areas, to minimise the risks of them, their friends and families being killed or maimed.
...and building futures...
We focus on the many millions of people who benefit from our work. We release reclaimed safe land back to the local population, enabling recovery and assisting the development of communities affected by conflict.
More than this, we tackle poverty by training and employing staff from the local populations, in order to build a robust and sustainable national workforce. More than 90 per cent of our 3,000 staff around the world are from the countries in which they work.
...worldwide
MAG has worked in more than 40 countries since 1989 and currently has operations in Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Iraq, Lao P.D.R., Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Vietnam.
MAG is co-laureate of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded for its work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines [www.icbl.org], which culminated in the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty – the international agreement that bans anti-personnel landmines, sometimes referred to as the Ottawa Convention.
We don’t have large marketing campaigns or spend vast amounts on fundraising or self-promotion, but we do try and build awareness of our work simply because we see daily how vital it really is on the ground.
Photo: Preparing the controlled demolition of a unexploded ordnance cleared from an area around a weapons store in Juba, South Sudan 2011. [J.B. Russell / MAG]
See also:
Vision, Mission and Values: the difference MAG makes [PDF]
Development impact and the Millennium Development Goals: making a significant and positive difference to people living with the remnants of conflict.
National importance – capacity building: improving the skills and broadening the experience of countries' workforces.
Regional stability: unregulated arms can lead to violence, insurgency, terrorism or, ultimately, widespread conflict.
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