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  • Sokhon at work inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". .....Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  .....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   .
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  • Sokhon at work inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield.....Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". ....Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  ....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..
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  • Sokhon at work inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield..  Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.....Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen"......Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  .....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   .
    Cambodia Female Deminer_30.jpg
  • Sokhon at work inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield.....Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". ....Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  ....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..
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  • Today, Kheun Sokhon, walks with a confident limp over a hill known as "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield, located 20 kilometers from O'Chheukrom village.  8 male co workers follow behind her.  Four of them are amputees and limp too. Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment they step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". ..Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   .
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  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_18.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_11.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_20.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_15.jpg
  • Metal hunter Mr. Khamlek at Phonsavan Hospital one day after witnessesing his friend Mr. Pai die from trying to open a bomb near Phou Vieng, Laos, July 7, 2004.  He denied knowing Mr.Pai claiming to be an innocent passerby, hoping to claim relief assistance for those injured accidentally.  Those whose intentionally contact bombs are not elgible for assistance.  His friends and neighbors said he and Mr. Pai were close friends and that he had actually talked his friend, a retired bomb dissassembler, into trying to open the bomb for $15.
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  • Metal hunter Mr. Khamlek at Phonsavan Hospital one day after witnessesing his friend Mr. Pai die from trying to open a bomb near Phou Vieng, Laos, July 7, 2004.  He denied knowing Mr.Pai claiming to be an innocent passerby, hoping to claim relief assistance for those injured accidentally.  Those whose intentionally contact bombs are not elgible for assistance.  His friends and neighbors said he and Mr. Pai were close friends and that he had actually talked his friend, a retired bomb dissassembler, into trying to open the bomb for $15.
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  • Arriving at home near sunset Sokhon's daughter Sreymao, age 7, runs out the greet her.  Sokhon sits down in front of her parent's house - a bamboo hut with a sheet metal roof, measuring 5 meters by 4 meters.  Inside electricity comes from a car battery that powers one 12 watt light bulb and a small TV.  Next door Sokhon's house has a palm leave roof measuring 3 meters by 3 meters. She shares it with Sreymao.  Sokhon changes her black work boots for pink slippers.  She pauses to put Sreymao's hair in a ponytail and begins cooking for her family...Sokhon's mother (need her name?) sits down outside, she says, "We are so proud of her!"  She admits Sokhon is the primary reason the family is slowly escaping poverty and paying for her daughter and siblings to attend school.  With Sokhon's help they recently purchased a small plot of farmland where they plan to build a house...The last light of day trickles in over the Cardomon Mountains highlighting Sokhon's smile.  She sits down with Sreymao who is busy studying her 2nd grade schoolwork.  Sokhon says, "I want her to be a doctor, but we are too poor for that.  I hope she can be a nurse."..Standing behind them, far enough away that he can't hear is, (need name), Sokhon's new husband.  Sokhon says:  "My husband gives me good support. I cannot find another man better than him.  He doesn't drink and helps with the house work.  He carries water from the river.  He is responsible and takes Sreymao to school.  All my hope came back to me.  So I opened my heart back up.  Yes - I am in love".   .
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  • Sokhon with her daughter Sreymao and her parents in front of her parents house.....Arriving at home near sunset Sokhon's daughter Sreymao, age 7, runs out the greet her.  Sokhon sits down in front of her parent's house - a bamboo hut with a sheet metal roof, measuring 5 meters by 4 meters.  Inside electricity comes from a car battery that powers one 12 watt light bulb and a small TV.  Next door Sokhon's house has a palm leave roof measuring 3 meters by 3 meters. She shares it with Sreymao.  Sokhon changes her black work boots for pink slippers.  She pauses to put Sreymao's hair in a ponytail and begins cooking for her family.....Sokhon's mother, Kep Nann, sits down outside, she says, "We are so proud of her!"  She admits Sokhon is the primary reason the family is slowly escaping poverty and paying for her daughter and siblings to attend school.  With Sokhon's help they recently purchased a small plot of farmland where they plan to build a house.....The last light of day trickles in over the Cardomon Mountains highlighting Sokhon's smile.  She sits down with Sreymao who is busy studying her 2nd grade schoolwork.  Sokhon says, "I want her to be a doctor, but we are too poor for that.  I hope she can be a nurse."....Standing behind them, far enough away that he can't hear is, Khhuan Ry, Sokhon's new husband.  Sokhon says:  "My husband gives me good support. I cannot find another man better than him.  He doesn't drink and helps with the house work.  He carries water from the river.  He is responsible and takes Sreymao to school.  All my hope came back to me.  So I opened my heart back up.  Yes - I am in love".   ..
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  • Sohkhon puts her daughter Sreymao's hear in a pony tail in front of her house while her husband, Khhuan Ry, stands in the background...Arriving at home near sunset Sokhon's daughter Sreymao, age 7, runs out the greet her.  Sokhon sits down in front of her parent's house - a bamboo hut with a sheet metal roof, measuring 5 meters by 4 meters.  Inside electricity comes from a car battery that powers one 12 watt light bulb and a small TV.  Next door Sokhon's house has a palm leave roof measuring 3 meters by 3 meters. She shares it with Sreymao.  Sokhon changes her black work boots for pink slippers.  She pauses to put Sreymao's hair in a ponytail and begins cooking for her family...Sokhon's mother (need her name?) sits down outside, she says, "We are so proud of her!"  She admits Sokhon is the primary reason the family is slowly escaping poverty and paying for her daughter and siblings to attend school.  With Sokhon's help they recently purchased a small plot of farmland where they plan to build a house...The last light of day trickles in over the Cardomon Mountains highlighting Sokhon's smile.  She sits down with Sreymao who is busy studying her 2nd grade schoolwork.  Sokhon says, "I want her to be a doctor, but we are too poor for that.  I hope she can be a nurse."..Standing behind them, far enough away that he can't hear is, (need name), Sokhon's new husband.  Sokhon says:  "My husband gives me good support. I cannot find another man better than him.  He doesn't drink and helps with the house work.  He carries water from the river.  He is responsible and takes Sreymao to school.  All my hope came back to me.  So I opened my heart back up.  Yes - I am in love".   .
    Cambodia Female Deminer_46.jpg
  • Sokhon prepares dinner with her daughter Sreymao by her side.  Sokhon's husband, Khhuan Ry, holds another family member behind her...Arriving at home near sunset Sokhon's daughter Sreymao, age 7, runs out the greet her.  Sokhon sits down in front of her parent's house - a bamboo hut with a sheet metal roof, measuring 5 meters by 4 meters.  Inside electricity comes from a car battery that powers one 12 watt light bulb and a small TV.  Next door Sokhon's house has a palm leave roof measuring 3 meters by 3 meters. She shares it with Sreymao.  Sokhon changes her black work boots for pink slippers.  She pauses to put Sreymao's hair in a ponytail and begins cooking for her family...Sokhon's mother (need her name?) sits down outside, she says, "We are so proud of her!"  She admits Sokhon is the primary reason the family is slowly escaping poverty and paying for her daughter and siblings to attend school.  With Sokhon's help they recently purchased a small plot of farmland where they plan to build a house...The last light of day trickles in over the Cardomon Mountains highlighting Sokhon's smile.  She sits down with Sreymao who is busy studying her 2nd grade schoolwork.  Sokhon says, "I want her to be a doctor, but we are too poor for that.  I hope she can be a nurse."..Standing behind them, far enough away that he can't hear is, (need name), Sokhon's new husband.  Sokhon says:  "My husband gives me good support. I cannot find another man better than him.  He doesn't drink and helps with the house work.  He carries water from the river.  He is responsible and takes Sreymao to school.  All my hope came back to me.  So I opened my heart back up.  Yes - I am in love".   .
    Cambodia Female Deminer_45.jpg
  • An example of a Chinese Type 72 land mine at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield...Later that day one was found a Chinese Type 72 mine was found.  Sokhon's supervisors prepared demolition equipment, delicately placing 100 grams of TNT explosive on it.  4 deminers began announcing on loud speakers to surrounding villagers: "We would like to inform you all who are working near our minefield.  We will conduct a demolition shortly. Please evacuate from the area!"
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  • Amputees in rehab at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) centre in Battambang city.  The man at center in camouflage is, Pheap Ny, a former soldier for King Sihanouk.  His landmine accident happened in Udomeanchey Province in 1985.  In 1992 he received his first artificial limb now receiving his 5th limb.  The ICRC centre has treated 18,122 cases from 1991 - 2010, most of them amputees.
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  • Group photo of Sokhon and other deminers from left to right:  Ngen Sarum (Amputee), Im Samkul (supervisor), Mey Thorn, Hean Sean, Kheun Sokhon (Amputee), Kong Tha, Cheap Yoeurn (Amputee), Sath Samon (Amputee), Sam Khan..
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  • The last light of day trickles in over the Cardomon Mountains highlighting Sokhon's smile.  She sits down with Sreymao who is busy studying her 2nd grade schoolwork.  Sokhon says, "I want her to be a doctor, but we are too poor for that.  I hope she can be a nurse."..Standing behind them, far enough away that he can't hear is, (need name), Sokhon's new husband.  Sokhon says:  "My husband gives me good support. I cannot find another man better than him.  He doesn't drink and helps with the house work.  He carries water from the river.  He is responsible and takes Sreymao to school.  All my hope came back to me.  So I opened my heart back up.  Yes - I am in love".   .
    Cambodia Female Deminer_55.jpg
  • When Sokhon arrived ICRC staff took photo #8967 for their records.  In it Sokhon looks devastated, scared, and alone.  It is the youngest picture she has of herself.  She admits, "I destroyed all my childhood photos.  I didn't want to remember how I was." ..At the centre, ICRC Supervisor, Lim Horsan, recalls thousand of amputee cases, saying, "They are regarded negatively by society as 'Chon Pika' meaning 'broken person'. But here we refer to them as sister or brother." He estimates 80 to 90% have suicidal thoughts at first. Explaining they think their life is meaningless, a burden to their family, "They know they will be discriminated against by the community. For women becoming an amputee is more difficult - they think they lose their beauty."..The ICRC centre has treated 18,122 cases from 1991 - 2010, most of them amputees
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  • Inside the workshop at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) centre in Battambang city:   Chhorn Lang, age 42,  helped make Sokhon's prothesis so she could work for MAG in the field.  She been working for ICRC since 1993.  She lost a leg in 1988 to landmine in Battambong.  She says before she got the job she had very few friends, but now she has friends.  She says, "When I lost my leg I had no hope.  My thinking was like Sokhon, but I didn't want to die.  When I started to have this job my life improved.  It makes me happy to help others now.  Before it was difficult, if I wanted to get water I had to crawl to the river."  (The ICRC centre has treated 18,122 cases from 1991 - 2010, most of them amputees).
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  • Sokhon at work inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield.....Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". ....Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  ....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_26.jpg
  • Sokhon at work takes a break inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". .....Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  .....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   .
    Cambodia Female Deminer_28.jpg
  • Sokhon at work inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield.....Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". ....Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  ....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..
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  • Sokhon at work inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield..  Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.....Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen"......Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  .....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   .
    Cambodia Female Deminer_31.jpg
  • Sokhon at work inside the danger zone at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield.....Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment she and her colleagues step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". ....Kheun Sokhon stares at the ground, surveying it slowly.  In front of her in the dense Cambodian jungle lies a hidden garden of danger.  Her eyes move from left to right following the head of a black metal detector over freshly cut brush.  She listens intently - loss of focus could cost her life.  The metal detector hums at a low pitch.  If it jumps to a high frequency - she must carefully mark the spot.  Red signs with skull and crossbones dot the landscape warning, "Danger!!  Mines!!".  ....Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_25.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_06.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_07.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_19.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_14.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_17.jpg
  • Today, Kheun Sokhon, walks with a confident limp over a hill known as "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield, located 20 kilometers from O'Chheukrom village.  8 male co workers follow behind her.  Four of them are amputees and limp too. Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment they step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". ..Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   .
    Cambodia Female Deminer_37.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_12.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_08.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_10.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_16.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_13.jpg
  • Sokhon demonstrates testing her metal detector and the demining process in a safe zone at the MAG base camp at "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield......Later inside the actual minefield, Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, described the process while standing safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   ..Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_09.jpg
  • Today, Kheun Sokhon, walks with a confident limp over a hill known as "Koun Phnum" or "Baby Mountain" minefield, located 20 kilometers from O'Chheukrom village.  8 male co workers follow behind her.  Four of them are amputees and limp too. Wearing body armor, blast visors and carrying hundreds of pounds of demining equipment they step into the minefield.  In searing heat Sokhon begins hiking up and down the hill removing heavy brush piles.  She takes great care not to step over a thin red line marking the minefield boundary.  She says the experience requires total clarity of mind, "I have to concentrate only on the sound of the metal detector.  I cannot think about anything else or an accident could happen". ..Sokhon's supervisor, Thor Thoeun, stands safely 25 meters away, watching.  With tension gripping his face, not wanting to disturb Sokhon, he whispers, "We are always scared in the minefield.  When the detector signals Sokhon will pinpoint the spot with a red chip."  Then she will excavate to find what is under it.  If Sokhon sees a mine she will place a red triangle pointing toward the danger.   Then she will blow a whistle for the supervisor to check the item.  If it is a land mine it will generally be destroyed in place.   .
    Cambodia Female Deminer_39.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, Technician, Vonekham Dalavong, age 29, uses a metal detector to uncover live bombs hidden in the soil.  She and her partner, Sia, said, "The first time we found a bomb we were afraid.  But we have good training and team work.  We have found many bombs, now it is just normal.  But, if we see a snake - we drop everything and run!" ..Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury.  The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world.. .The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_06.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, Technician, Sia Thorthongyer, age 19, scales a farmers fence with a metal detector to uncover live bombs hidden in the soil.  Sia and her partner Vonekham said, "The first time we found a bomb we were afraid.  But we have good training and team work.  We have found many bombs, now it is just normal.  But, if we see a snake - we drop everything and run!" ..Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury..The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world.   ..The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_13.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, Technician, Vonekham Dalavong, age 29, uses a metal detector to uncover live bombs hidden in the soil.  She and her partner, Sia, said, "The first time we found a bomb we were afraid.  But we have good training and team work.  We have found many bombs, now it is just normal.  But, if we see a snake - we drop everything and run!" ..Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury.  The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world..   .The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_04.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, Technician, Sia Thorthongyer, age 19, uses a metal detector to uncover live bombs hidden in the soil.  Sia and her partner Vonekham said, "The first time we found a bomb we were afraid.  But we have good training and team work.  We have found many bombs, now it is just normal.  But, if we see a snake - we drop everything and run!" ..Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury.  The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world.   ..The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_14.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, Technician, Sia Thorthongyer, age 19, uses a metal detector to uncover live bombs hidden in the soil.  Sia and her partner Vonekham said, "The first time we found a bomb we were afraid.  But we have good training and team work.  We have found many bombs, now it is just normal.  But, if we see a snake - we drop everything and run!" ..Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury.  The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world. ..The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_15.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, Technicians, Sia Thorthongyer, age 19 (left) and Vonekham Dalavong, age 29 (right), scale a farmers fence with a metal detector to uncover live bombs hidden in the soil.  Sia and Vonekham said, "The first time we found a bomb we were afraid.  But we have good training and team work.  We have found many bombs, now it is just normal.  But, if we see a snake - we drop everything and run!" ..Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury..The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world..   .The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_12.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, Technicians, Sia Thorthongyer, age 19 (left) and Vonekham Dalavong, age 29 (right), use a metal detector and shovel to uncover live bombs hidden in the soil.  Sia and Vonekham said, "The first time we found a bomb we were afraid.  But we have good training and team work.  We have found many bombs, now it is just normal.  But, if we see a snake - we drop everything and run!" ..Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury..The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world.   ..The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_16.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, Technicians, Souksavanh Thongtimahaxay, age 23, and , Vienglada Siladeth, age 46, unpack their metal detectors and prepare to search for unexploded ordinance (UXO)...Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury.  .The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world.. .The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_09.jpg
  • Female deminers using dogs to detect mines.  The dogs are used in low density minefields.  Metal detectors are used in high density minefields...Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_02.jpg
  • Female deminers using dogs to detect mines.  The dogs are used in low density minefields.  Metal detectors are used in high density minefields...Kheun Sokhon, age 29, is a female deminer for Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in Palin Province, Cambodia.  She searches for land mines - facing the same threat that shattered her life at age 19 - when she stepped on a mine.  She admits, "I don't want people to experience what I have been through." ..
    Cambodia Female Deminer_01.jpg
  • Mines Advisory Group, ladies Technicians, prepare their metal detectors to search for unexploded ordinance (UXO)...Laos was part of a "Secret War", waged within its borders primarily by the USA and North Vietnam.  Many left over weapons supplied by China and Russia continue to kill.  However, between 90 and 270 million fist size cluster bombs were dropped on Laos by the USA, with a failure rate up to 30%.  Millions of live cluster bombs still contaminate large areas of Laos causing death and injury.  .The US Military dropped approximately 2 million tons of bombs on Laos making it, per capita, the most heavily bombed country in the world...The women of Mines Advisory Group (MAG) work everyday under dangerous conditions removing unexploded ordinance (UXO) from fields and villages...***All photographs of MAG's work must include (either on the photo or right next to it) the credit as follows:  Mine clearance by MAG (Reg. charity)***.
    Laos Womens Demining_10.jpg
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