MAG educates communities and refugees about the dangers posed by remnants of conflict, delivering tailored safety messages to those most under threat.
Risk Education - or Mine Risk Education (MRE), Small Arms Light Weapons Risk Education (SALWRE), or Risk Reduction Education (RRE) - helps minimize the risks for people living, working and travelling through areas contaminated with landmines and/or unexploded ordnance. MAG also works with internally displaced people (IDPs) in refugee camps before returning to their homes to prepare them for the dangers waiting for them.
Carried out by Community Liaison staff, MAG's Risk Education activities vary considerably depending on the target audience (such as age, gender, and literacy) and the context in which they live and work.
MAG also trains trainers (e.g. teachers and religious/village leaders) to deliver MRE to a larger audience with which they are engaged. MAG designs and distributes materials that support the delivery of MRE such as school curricula, safe village packs, and a range of small media. A MAG administered MRE program can also be delivered through radio and TV broadcasts, billboards, posters, drama and music.
A Risk Education session may include, for example: how to recognize commonly found explosive items, how to report a dangerous item, what to do in an emergency, known areas of contamination and accidents, warning clues and signs for mined areas, how to keep others safe, and more. Through these various techniques, MAG focuses on changing people's behaviors and improving their safety in contaminated environments.