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BURUNDI: Arts festival celebrates disarmament

Posted: 8th February 2010

MAG, Handicap International and the Burundian Civilian Disarmament and Small Arms Commission have teamed up to put on a month-long festival celebrating disarmament efforts in Burundi.

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SRI LANKA: Returning home

Posted: 1st February 2010

Since September 2007, Mr Sinthathurai had been moving between displacement camps throughout the north of Sri Lanka to escape the fighting, finally ending up at the huge camp in Vavuniya.

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SRI LANKA: Rebuilding futures in Adampan

Posted: 1st February 2010

After almost three years living in camps, 123 families have been able to return to their homes in Sri Lanka’s Rice Bowl region and given a real opportunity to begin rebuilding their lives after years of war, thanks to MAG.

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PHOTO GALLERY: Celebrating five years of MAG in Sudan

Posted: 26th January 2010

This collection of images document MAG’s work in Southern Sudan over the last five years, making land safe for communities to live and work in.

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IRAQ: Thousands of Iraqis taught gun safety and awareness

Posted: 25th January 2010

A UNICEF-funded project has seen MAG train teachers and youth workers on the dangers of Small Arms and Light Weapons, aimed at preventing needless child deaths.

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LAO PDR: New project takes bombs and leaves skills

Posted: 21st January 2010

MAG and World Vision have begun an innovative new project to clear unexploded ordnance and improve livelihoods in 24 villages in Khammouane Province.

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RWANDA: 30,000 small arms destroyed

Posted: 18th January 2010

Rwanda Defence Force personnel are making a tangible contribution to peace and security within Rwanda and the wider Great Lakes Region thanks to training from MAG.

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ANGOLA: 'Our choice was to take the risk or to starve' say landmine survivors

Posted: 13th January 2010

Like many poor families in Moxico Province, Alfredo, his wife and nine children have two options when attempting to earn a livelihood on land they knew was contaminated by landmines...

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CAMBODIA: Belgian Government provides crucial funding for MAG

Posted: 11th January 2010

MAG has been awarded €550,360 – a crucial grant which will be used to fund landmine clearance in two of the worst affected provinces, Battambang and Krong Pailin, for the next two years.

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VIETNAM: Proceeds from MAG music festival destroys 300 bombs

Posted: 6th January 2010

Money raised by the MAG Music Festival, held in Hanoi in April, has been used to clear 300 items of deadly unexploded ordnance from Quang Binh Province.

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