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Familiar Fear
When Mrs. Yong Eng stepped on a land
mine, she lost one leg and injured the
other. "Sometimes, forgetful of my maimed
state, I spring to catch my little child,"
she says, "and then I fall to the ground,
the bones of my leg aching."
Her story is all too familiar in Cambodia.
One out of every 236 Cambodians has stepped
on a landmine. In the wake of war, millions
of mines still lie buried, waiting to
ambush villagers working in fields, gathering
firewood, or herding livestock. Fear of
being killed or maimed by the mines keeps
many farmers from planting food for their
families and many children from playing
near their homes.
An Global Impact member program works to clear
mines in a rural area north of Phnom Penh.
The mine clearance benefits 15,000 displaced
people by allowing them to resume farming
their land.
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