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That’s the average number of bombs dropped on the small country of Laos over a 9-year period.
When the most bombed country in the world per-capita needed help, MAG responded.
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Since 2006, MAG America has funded projects to remove more than 2,791,372 remnants of conflict. That’s important. But our real impact comes from helping people people rebuild their lives, their families, and their communities.
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Left-behind landmines, unexploded and abandoned ordnance, and weaponry create profound fear and prevent people and communities from prospering after the conflict has ended. MAG's work clears the way for a better future.
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Surviving the Peace: Angola
The second installment of MAG's award-winning documentary film series, Surviving the Peace, follows the interconnected stories of an eight-year-old landmine survivor, Minga, and a former soldier turned MAG deminer, Eron, in the war-torn, African country of Angola.
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MAG Board Member, Loddy Tolzmann, Takes us on her Journey back to her Homeland of Laos
Like many children of first generation immigrants who come to the U.S., Loddy came to American when she was very young. After she graduated college, she embarked on a spiritual journey to her homeland of Laos. Read about her return to Laos and her passion for MAG's work in our blog.
- 11 people are injured or killed by landmines everyday.
- Over 3,000 local staff including over 50 amputees and landmine victims.
- 846,000 meters sq of land cleared of landmines and unexploded ordnance since 2006.
- 17,351 mine risk education sessions held in 2011.
