Help Protect Children in Conflict
A child doesn't start a war, but they are often the ones left to face its deadliest consequences.
Almost half of casualties from landmines and unexploded bombs are children. This is not right and it is not fair.
Even if a child survives triggering an explosive, the effects can impact the rest of their lives.
"I realised there were so many buried in the ground. They were invisible.”
Som Uon was walking his cow to the stream when he spotted it.
An object lying in the soil.
He didn’t know what it was, but he knew it was dangerous. “I was afraid when I saw it,” he said. “I didn’t go close.”
Som Uon rushed home to warn his family. “I was worried about my children.” Where they live in northeastern Cambodia, the land is littered with explosive remnants of war.
When they reported the discovery to MAG, our team identified it as a deadly BLU-63 cluster munition and safely destroyed it.
