SUDAN: AREA HANDED OVER
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A demined area of land around the town of Demen in Kassala state (SUDAN) can now be used for safe access to education, water and agriculture.
Using UK Government funding through the Department for International Development (DFID), excavated and destroyed 101 anti-personnel and 26 anti-tank mines within a kilometer of the town's primary school.
Fifty items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) were also found and destroyed, during seven months of working in the mined areas.
DFID Director for East and Central Africa Donal Brown handed over the land to the community of Demen at a special ceremony last week.
The clearance of this land has greatly reduced the dangers posed by landmines and UXO, for both the students of Demen as well as those living in neighboring communities, who must travel across contaminated land in order to attend school.
It has also opened access for other humanitarian and development organizations, enabling vital water management and agricultural initiatives to be delivered to the 14,800 strong communities.
MAG has been using Bozena systems in various projects worldwide. Three (3) units of BOZENA 4 used in South Sudan considerably increase the productivity of MAG`s operations, especially in areas, where threat of the aniti-tank mines exists.
Source: www.dmot.info
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