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Imagine if, somewhere outside your front door, there is a powerful explosive weapon waiting patiently for you or a member of your family to disturb it. Because it’s hidden from view, avoiding it is a constant game of chance. |
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| Children in the heavily landmined Angolan province of Moxico. [Photo: Sean Sutton / MAG] |
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Every day, millions of people live with this fear. And, every day, people die or suffer horrific injuries from abandoned weapons left behind after conflict. The vast majority are civilians. Most of the countries where casualties are reported are at peace. |
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| A landmine accident survivor in hospital in Cambodia. [Photo: Sean Sutton / MAG] |
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MAG believes that everyone has the right to live in safety and without fear. MAG clears landmines and other abandoned weapons, but that isn’t what makes us unique... |
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| This boy stepped on a mine while playing near his home in Sarajevo. [Photo: Sean Sutton / MAG] |
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What sets us apart is our focus on the impact our work has on people’s lives. Our approach is long-term, enabling communities to rebuild and develop their social and economic potential. |
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| Housing is built on a former 283,000m2 minefield cleared by MAG in the South Sudan town of Kapoeta. [Photo: Sean Sutton / MAG] |
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We currently have programmes in 15 countries: Angola, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Vietnam*.
Our work:
• Provides safe access to water, shelter and food for at-risk communities
• Assists the safer movement of refugees and internally displaced people
• Opens up access routes between villages and creates the potential for new or renewed trade
• Creates safe land for agricultural development and farming
• Leads to the safe construction or reconstruction of housing, schools, health centres and other infrastructure
* As of April 2012
Get in touch: fundraising@maginternational.org.
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