Sompong, age 15, shows the wounds to his arm and leg when he and his brother tried to open a Russian 37mm anti-aircraft shell. His cousin Soy Kiengphaserth, age 21, works in the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) female team. She and the team found him on their way home from work and rushed him to the hospital while he was treated by a MAG Medic on the way. Sompong's mother, Mone, said, "If not for MAG they might not have survived."..Many accidents occur in Laos when people try to open...
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Sompong, age 15, shows the wounds to his arm and leg when he and his brother tried to open a Russian 37mm anti-aircraft shell. His cousin Soy Kiengphaserth, age 21, works in the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) female team. She and the team found him on their way home from work and rushed him to the hospital while he was treated by a MAG Medic on the way. Sompong's mother, Mone, said, "If not for MAG they might not have survived."..Many accidents occur in Laos when people try to open live weapons to sell the explosives and scrap metal. ..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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