Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library



This sign is everywhere in Cambodia. Cambodia has many people, young and old alike, loosing limbs from the landmines every year! Fight the Ignorance!

Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia. Landmines were placed throughout the entire country during the Civil War in the 1970s. It is estimated that there are 4-6 MILLION mines throughout Cambodia. Those mines are not accounted for and so there are men and children, usually boys, that play with and examine the mines to see if they are explosive. These brave souls tend to be killed.

If the casualty rate isn't rising, the amputee rate is.