SUDAN: Freedom and development
Posted: 1st September 2010
People in Girgir El Nogta village saw much hardship during the civil war and remained afflicted by the legacy of the conflict during their new-found peaceful era.
GAZA: Two world record attempts made possible by MAG
Posted: 1st September 2010
MAG has helped the children of Gaza to bounce and fly into the Guinness Book of World Records.
SUDAN: MAG has positive impact for returning refugees
Posted: 25th August 2010
"We did not know what to do if we faced any of these dangerous items, since we lived out of the country for so long” - returning refugee Luka, from Okudo Maria village in Pageri Payam, Magwi County.
PAKISTAN: MAG works with national partner to help flood victims
Posted: 20th August 2010
Following the devastation caused by the extreme flooding in Pakistan this week, MAG has been working with our national partner SPADO (Sustainable Peace and Development Organisation) to limit the dangers people face from landmines and other deadly items of unexploded ordnance, dislodged by the floods.
BURUNDI: Crucial mine and UXO survey takes place around Kibira Forest
Posted: 20th August 2010
Thanks to funding from the Swiss Government, the Burundian Civilian Defence and MAG are finally able to survey the last areas suspected to be contaminated by landmines and /or unexploded ordnance in the area around the Kibira Forest in north-west Burundi.
SUDAN: Partnering for a better future
Posted: 19th August 2010
MAG is working with the Joint Integrated Demining Unit in northern Sudan so that Sudanese communities can be protected from harm in future.
SOMALIA: A day in the life of a MAG Project Manager
Posted: 18th August 2010
On the eve of World Humanitarian Day, 19 August, Alistair Moir talks about his role as MAG's Project Manager in Puntland State of Somalia.
LAO PDR: Cluster casualties continue
Posted: 27th July 2010
The ban on cluster munitions, which will enter into force on 1 August, has not lessened the need for unexploded ordnance clearance.
BURUNDI: 20,000 grenades destroyed in efforts to reduce armed violence
Posted: 26th July 2010
MAG's efforts to reduce armed violence passed a milestone in Burundi on July 22 when the 20,000th hand grenade was destroyed since the beginning of the organisation’s support to the Burundian Government.
SOMALIA: Clearance and safety messages save lives
Posted: 23rd July 2010
“I am too happy today and I will stop worrying about this danger to children and also other villagers” - Hawo Khalif, whose house was 25 metres from a sizable stockpile of 105 white phosphorous mortars.
