MAG believes that everyone has the right to live in safety and without fear. MAG expertly clears abandoned landmines and other weapons, but that isn’t what makes us unique.
What sets us apart is our focus on the impact our work has on people’s lives.
Our approach is long-term, enabling countries to rebuild and develop their social and economic potential.
We move into conflict zones to further the road to peace and development.
We work with communities to lessen the threat of death and injury, while releasing safe land and other vital resources back to the people who need them.
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MAG-trained technicians from the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) destroying surplus weapons stocks in Kinshasa. Thousands of surplus and out-of-service weapons stockpiled around the country pose a significant danger to the Congolese population. [Photo: J.B. Russell] |
MAG's impact
MAG relies entirely on contributions to fund its life-saving work and is proud of the fact that more than 90 per cent of its income is spent directly in the field.
Your money can help MAG to:
- Move into current and former conflict zones to clear the remnants of those conflicts
- Release safe land back to the local population, helping countries to rebuild and develop their social and economic potential
- Employ local people (including former soldiers and amputees) and retrain them to be medics, deminers, awareness trainers and supervisors
- Help refugees take a safe path to relief camps in Africa
- Undertake emergency action, such as clearing the land of dangerous items in Lebanon and Sri Lanka
- Prevent abandoned weapons and small arms getting into the wrong hands
- Use Mine Risk Education to minimise the risks for people living, working and travelling through areas contaminated with landmines and/or unexploded ordnance
- Clear paths of landmines so broken water-pumping stations or powerlines can be repaired
- Cordon off contaminated areas so safe agricultural land can be used by local people
- Clear schools and buildings used as ammunition stores so children can get an education in safety
MAG has worked in around 35 countries since 1989 and currently has operations in Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gaza, Iraq, Jordan, Lao P.D.R., Lebanon, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Vietnam.
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Stockpile: a documentary film from D.R. Congo
Stockpile is a documentary film from Spin Film [www.SpinFilm.org] set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, featuring the work of MAG.
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