Khanthong Donsenvong from the Mines Advisory Group female team hangs her clothes to dry. The women working in Khammuan Province live in tents working in remote locations with no electricity, showers or toilets. They wash in the river and use the forest as a latrine. They work in 4 week cycles, with 3 weeks straight working and one week off to return home and see family. The girls joked, "We are more afraid of the leaches, because they will chase you, but the bombs they don't...
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Khanthong Donsenvong from the Mines Advisory Group female team hangs her clothes to dry. The women working in Khammuan Province live in tents working in remote locations with no electricity, showers or toilets. They wash in the river and use the forest as a latrine. They work in 4 week cycles, with 3 weeks straight working and one week off to return home and see family. The girls joked, "We are more afraid of the leaches, because they will chase you, but the bombs they don't move."..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)***.
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