Demining in Cambodia at risk as funding dries up
Posted by: James Hathaway
Source: Taipei Times
Demining in Cambodia at risk as funding dries up
AFP , PHNOM PENH
Sunday, Oct 15, 2006
Demining worldwide has been undermined by a sharp drop in funding, and Cambodia is among more than a dozen countries which will likely fail to meet their mine clearance targets as donor money dries up.
The government's demining agency, the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC), has lost a fifth of its funding this year, director general Khem Sophoan said.
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The pictures below are from our landmine survivor vocational skills training classes right on the Mekong River in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.


Posted by James Hathaway at October 15, 2006 08:05 PM
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