On May 12, 8:54=A0am, DKJ <dkj.l...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> LAOS: All female clearance team
>
> Across all the regions where MAG works, women play a focal (although
> often unrecognised) role in the survival strategies and economy of the
> most vulnerable households within a community. In acknowledgment of
> this, MAG trains and employs women as deminers and UXO technicians,
> enabling them to more fully realise their potential and improve the
> quality of their lives and those of their families.
>
> Female deminers bring particular characteristics and unique
> perspectives to MAG=92s work and play an im****tant role in enabling MAG
> to better understand the impact of UXO on women and female children
> living in UXO contaminated communities. Later this year, the all-
> female team in Xieng Khouang will be part of a study to develop a
> better understanding of how UXO impacts on the daily lives of women
> and female children, with a particular focus on the lives of female
> survivors/widows of UXO victims.
>
> Enjoy more photos of Sao
Xiengkhuanghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/uxolaos/
>
> More profiles and photographs by Tom
Morganhttp://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?=
s=3D2&p=3D7441
>
> dkj
Thank you very much tanh DKJ for sharing these pictures and for
letting us all see various aspects of the goings on in Laos. These
ladies deserve our utmost respect.
It is a total shame that the US government isn't doing more to remove
these unwanted gifts from Uncle Sam.
Your friend,
Larry
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