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Fight against MINE

2008.05.21







Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. While considerable progress has been made in recent years in mine clearance, and the number of victims recorded each year has steadily decreased, the scale of the problem remains enormous. Tens of thousands of landmine victims need care and assistance. The ICRC is helping to address the plight of victims in Afghanistan through its orthopaedic programme, which has assisted almost 80,000 disabled people over the past two decades.



Of the approximately 40,000 patients registered at the centre since it opened in 1988, some 75 per cent are amputees, and the majority of them are mine victims – although the centre is open to people with all types of physical disability. There is also a big emphasis on social integration programmes, including vocational training and micro-credit schemes, which are as important as physical rehabilitation.

29 Comments
mojaroo superb superb superb.no3 is awesome
mojaroo · 2008-05-21: 07:47
Orhidea46 very powerful pictures, awsome job, thanks for sharing!!!!!!
Orhidea46 · 2008-05-21: 09:23
ThomasChu No. 9 and 10 shots are emotional...speechless...
ThomasChu · 2008-05-21: 11:29
yessis79 You always amazing pics!!!!
yessis79 · 2008-05-21: 13:35
PrinzessinLia im very amazed. thanks for bringing this topic to our minds. good that someone is talking about stuff like this.
pic #9 is breathtaking.
PrinzessinLia · 2008-05-21: 13:45
artman great reporting my friend, never stop telling the story!
artman · 2008-05-21: 18:16
curlyq60 ..thank you for sharing....awesome photos..
curlyq60 · 2008-05-21: 21:10
NatinKool #10 really shows the destructive effects of mines. Great photojournalism!
NatinKool · 2008-05-22: 00:31
miciamela great work.. :(
#9 is one of my favourit photos.. i like very much also #4
it's really an interesting set
miciamela · 2008-05-22: 01:48
GiuseppeMosca Good series I like the stories inside the photos
GiuseppeMosca · 2008-05-22: 02:00
ofwordsandphotos truly, a picture paints a thousand words!
ofwordsandphotos · 2008-05-22: 04:43
kasraghobadian Fantastic...#9 #10 #11
kasraghobadian · 2008-05-22: 05:18
aliozoglu very beautiful set!!
aliozoglu · 2008-05-22: 06:53
yyelsel powerful pictures!
yyelsel · 2008-05-22: 07:25
kretz strong and expressive set!
kretz · 2008-05-22: 09:10
pluvieux 9-11 are so sad :[ Thank you for telling their story, great photojournalism.
pluvieux · 2008-05-22: 15:46
jenjung great reporting/sharing their story
jenjung · 2008-05-22: 15:53
Mertxe My God when will be the end of so much pain?

Mertxe · 2008-05-22: 16:17
Kanya Impressive photojournalism! No. 9 is my favourite!
Kanya · 2008-05-22: 16:59
ClaudePechabaden THank you for sharing this information. Very nice photos too.
ClaudePechabaden · 2008-05-23: 02:40
emsejowa 9 &11 are my favourite :D
emsejowa · 2008-05-23: 04:41
KEIKO OMG!!! WHERE ARE U? ICRC???
KEIKO · 2008-05-24: 06:27
shonajean Amazing!
shonajean · 2008-05-24: 18:53
PositivSG0 great reporting. greate work. !
PositivSG0 · 2008-05-29: 01:04
slowpete very strong post
esp last 3
slowpete · 2008-05-29: 03:44
agn2008 great photos... I really think that.
agn2008 · 2008-05-29: 07:09
JoshHuling nine. amazing. i'm speechless. so much emotion.
JoshHuling · 2008-05-30: 23:02
Cabecilha EXCELLENT WORK!
Cabecilha · 2008-06-09: 15:42
ivanbenitez keep on showing this reality.
Thank you.
ivanbenitez · 2008-06-29: 03:10
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