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Posted: 14th January 2011
Informing children of the dangers of landmines is crucial - especially when there's a suspected minefield 100 metres from the local primary school.
LAO PDR: US Government helps MAG clear unexploded ordnance
Posted: 4th January 2011
The US Government and MAG are assisting more communities in the provinces of Xieng Khouang and Khammouane to clear unexploded ordnance.
SUDAN: Supporting the safe resettlement of returnees
Posted: 23rd December 2010
MAG is working to protect returnees coming back to southern Sudan ahead of January’s referendum. MAG Community Liaison Manager Marysia Zapasnik reports from the grounds of the Southern Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission.
LEBANON: Battle Area Clearance helps development and recovery
Posted: 15th December 2010
MAG Lebanon’s Battle Area Clearance teams work in testing terrains - either rocky, mountainous and often heavily vegetated, or built-up areas which present their own challenges.
SRI LANKA: Supporting the safe return and resettlement of IDPs
Posted: 14th December 2010
MAG has trained 154 staff from Sri Lankan non-governmental organisations in Mine Risk Education, to reduce the risk of death and injuries from landmine and unexploded ordnance for people who had fled fighting in the country.
UK Government to increase mine and UXO clearance in Cambodia and Laos
Posted: 9th December 2010
The UK Government has appointed MAG to remove and destroy thousands of mines and unexploded ordnance, as well as run an education programme to teach communities to identify and report mines to local authorities.
SOMALIA: Partnership in Humanitarian Mine Action
Posted: 7th December 2010
Danish Demining Group, Handicap International and MAG have collaborated on Mine Risk Education materials to keep the people of Somaliland and Puntland, and especially children, safer as they go about their daily lives.
GAZA: MAG proud of achievements in reducing risks posed by UXO
Posted: 2nd December 2010
After nearly two years working in Gaza to minimise the risks posed to civilians by unexploded ordnance (UXO), MAG’s team of experts have ended their operations in the Gaza Strip.
LAO PDR: UXO accident survivor proud to be helping communities
Posted: 26th November 2010
Thongdam Bounthe is one of three people with disabilities recruited by MAG earlier this year to work as unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance technicians.
VIDEO: MAG reaction to Cambodia landmine accident (BBC TV)
Posted: 19th November 2010
MAG Chief Executive speaks to BBC World News about the recent landmine accident in north-western Cambodia which killed 13 people.
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