![Pic of the Day: Mahaxi junior school in Khammouane Province, Laos
The school and its surrounding area were cleared of unexploded ordnance* by MAG to enable children to receive a safe education. [* ordnance just means bombs, shells, mortars and things like that]www.maginternational.org](http://24.media.tumblr.com/9efb6d8aec52347097f58413b896af7d/tumblr_mm2rntOkDx1rnb94ko1_500.jpg)
Pic of the Day: Mahaxi junior school in Khammouane Province, Laos
The school and its surrounding area were cleared of unexploded ordnance* by MAG to enable children to receive a safe education.
[* ordnance just means bombs, shells, mortars and things like that]
www.maginternational.org
Pic of the Day: A white phosphorus bomb that had been found in Khammouane Province, Laos, is safely destroyed
Laos is the most bombed country in the world per capita. More than two million tons of ordnance was dropped on the country during the Vietnam War. Up to 30 per cent of some types of ordnance did not detonate.
The Lao Government estimates that unexploded ordnance contamination still affects more than a quarter of villages: www.maginternational.org/laos-stats
Pic of the Day: Children at Pon Toum School in Laos, 2009
MAG cleared 5,200 square metres of land in the village, removing ten BLU-26 cluster bomblets from the school’s playground.
After the land was made safe, one of MAG’s partner organisations, IRD, was able to drill water wells, build toilets and provide supplies for the school. Enrolment at the school increased by around 30 per cent.
More than two million tonnes of ordnance was dropped on Laos during the Vietnam War, almost a third of which did not explode on impact.
This unexploded ordnance still affects a quarter of the country’s villages.
www.maginternational.org
Pic of the Day: “Bombies” - the killers with a cute name
A dispenser full of cluster submunitions - known locally as “bombies” - in Laos, 2009.
There were another five of these tubes nearby.
More than 270 million bombies were dropped on Laos from 1964 to 1973 during the Vietnam War, of which an estimated 80 million malfunctioned, remaining live and in the ground after the end of the war.
www.maginternational.org/laos-stats
Pic of the Day: Vegetables growing in part of a cluster bomb unit in Laos on Flickr.
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Unexploded bomblets, dropped in containers like this, are a deadly legacy of the Vietnam War. One deadly bomblet lay less than four metres from the nearby house before MAG removed it.
For some astonishing stats on the most bombed country in history per capita please see: www.maginternational.org/laos-stats
Pic of the Day: Mahaxay temple in Khammouane province, Laos on Flickr.
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Laos is the most bombed country in the world per capita. More than two million tons of ordnance was dropped on the country during the Vietnam War. Up to 30 per cent did not detonate.
Such unexploded ordnance remains in the ground today - killing, maiming, and hindering development.
From 2004 to June 2012, MAG destroyed more than 160,000 of these explosive weapons. As a result, 450,000 people got more safe land for farming, clean drinking water, latrines, irrigation for rice cropping, safe school compounds, and roads.
www.maginternational.org/laopdr
Pic of the Day: Celebrating Buddhist Lent in Laos on Flickr.
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From 2004 to June 2012, MAG cleared more than 38.7 million square metres of suspect land in the country, destroying 161,802 items of unexploded ordnance.
As a result, over 450,000 people got more safe land for farming, schools, roads and access to clean drinking water.
www.maginternational.org/laopdr
Pic of the Day: Children fishing for snails and frogs in Laos, 2009 on Flickr.
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Many children in rural Laos spend their time foraging for food and working in the rice paddies.
Laos is the most bombed country in the world per capita, with more than two million tons of ordnance dropped there during the Vietnam War.
From July 2011 to June 2012, MAG cleared nearly 12 million square metres of land, destroying more than 15,000 items of unexploded ordnance and helping 72,000+ people.
To see more on how MAG is helping communities in Laos, please go to www.maginternational.org/laopdr.
20 September 2012. Temple monks in Lao PDR on Flickr.
Pic of the Day: Monks at Pha That Luang temple in Vientiane, Laos.
From 2004 to June 2012, MAG cleared more than 38.7 million square metres of suspect land in Lao PDR, destroying 161,802 items of unexploded ordnance.
As a result, more than 450,000 people gained more safe land for farming, schools, roads, drinking water, latrines, irrigation…
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More than 270 million cluster submunitions were dropped on Laos during the Second Indochina War.
Despite nearly two decades of clearance efforts, less than one per cent of these submunitions have been removed, and more than 25 per cent of villages remain contaminated.
For more on MAG’s work in the most bombed country on earth per capita, please visit www.maginternational.org/laopdr.
