Pic of the Day: MAG removed a 250lb bomb from close to this family’s house in the Democratic Republic of Congo 

“It was very frightening for our children,” said Gille. “The women were very afraid too, because they go there to collect firewood. “

[North Equateur, DRC, 2012. www.maginternational.org]

Pic of the Day: Mortar bombs in the Democratic Republic of Congo

These were among a stockpile of unstable munitions removed from a site close to the city of Goma’s main port on Lake Kivu and safely destroyed.

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Pic of the Day: This festive season, please don’t forget those living with the deadly legacy of conflict 

This bomb was found close to a school in Dongo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Equateur province. It was destroyed in a safe demolition by MAG.

Pic of the Day: Five-year-old Henri was injured when he and some friends found an unexploded munition in a neighbour’s garden

Not knowing what it was, they hit it with a rock and it exploded, sending fragments into his hand.

[Gbadolite, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2009]

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Pic of the Day: Kombeke looks after her sick sister Myakismba on Flickr.

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Location: Ngwanza village, near Dongo, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, October 2012.

Twenty-five people from four families are living in this 6x4 metre shelter, having recently returned from neighbouring Republic of Congo, where they had fled to escape armed conflict in 2009.

MAG is working in this area, clearing dangerous areas of abandoned and unexploded ordnance, and giving crucial Risk Education to vulnerable communities.

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Pic of the Day: A safe demolition of munitions in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Flickr.

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More than three tonnes of ammunition – small arms and heavy machine gun rounds; 60mm, 82mm and 120mm mortars; rocket-propelled grenades; and other types of ordnance – is destroyed in Goma, DRC.

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Pic of the Day: Combating the proliferation of small arms and light weapons on Flickr.

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[Democratic Republic of Congo, 2012]

MAG has developed an innovative armoury project, using specially adapted shipping containers with lockable weapon racks and weapon cupboards, and drawers for pistols and ammunition.

This cost-effective initiative is designed to ensure the safe storage of weapons, and help stop the proliferation of small arms and light weapons from state-controlled armouries.

Army and police weapons are logged in and out, helping to ensure accountability and security.

MAG is the only non-governmental organisation in the country allowed to carry out this sensitive work.

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Pic of the Day: A family found this unexploded 250lb aircraft bomb when they were clearing vegetation in order to build a house on Flickr.

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The family had recently returned to the area having earlier fled conflict there. The bomb was destroyed in a controlled demolition by MAG.

[Dongo, Equateur province, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2012]

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Pic of the Day: Gun-cutting in Kinshasa on Flickr.

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Guns are brought to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital from all over the country, and so far the project has seen more than 130,000 weapons destroyed.

For more on how MAG is helping in the D.R. Congo please visit www.maginternational.org/drc.

Pic of the Day: Ngwanza village in the northern Equateur province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Flickr.

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Between 1996 and 2003, D.R. Congo was the site of the most deadly conflict since World War Two, which led to large concentrations of unexploded ordnance scattered across the country, and huge amounts of arms and ammunition stored in unsecured conditions.

To see how MAG is helping communities in D.R. Congo please visit www.maginternational.org/drc