No, no don’t look at the sky, they cannot do you any harm from above anymore. Lower your head because the danger is in your mother earth.

If you survived the war try to survive the peace.

Melisa Dzanovic 14 -Bosnia

What are they?

LANDMINES

Landmines Some models cost as little as $3 to make and

others can cost up to $30

Blast Mine

Blast Mine is the most common type of anti-personnel landmine

Blast mine requires small pressure to activate. The weight of a small child or animal is enough to set it off

Fragmentation Mine

Fragmentation mine is mounted on a stake and is activated by a trip-wire

Butterfly Mine In Afghanistan this device

has killed or maimed thousands of children who often mistake it for a toy

Butterfly mine is often dropped by helicopter and spirals gently to the ground

LandmineFacts

Most Landmines are designed to kill

Mines cannot tell between civilians and children

Landmines continue to find victims long after the end of armed conflict.

Landmines hinder a country’s development and cause a variety of medical, social and economic issues.

Landmines By The Numbers:

• 1 Landmine cost between $3 and $30 US Dollars

• It can cost between $300 and $1000 US Dollars to remove a single mine

• There are over 160 million landmines stored in stockpiles around the world

On average 20,000 people are killed or maimed by landmines each year- that is about one person every 26

minutes

Activity

Cluster Bombs

Cluster MunitionsFacts

• Cluster Munitions are designed for use against military targets like large groups of soldiers, armoured vehicles and military buildings

• Cluster Munitions can be dropped from aircraft or launched from the ground

• They can disperse bomblets over an area as large as 30,000 square meters

Cluster Munitions By The Numbers:• 98 percent of recorded casualties from cluster

bombs are civilians 27 percent of these are casualties are children

• In fact, When compared to anti-personnel landmines, children under 14 are 5 times more likely to be victims of submunitions from cluster bombs

• The majority of casualties occur while carrying out activities in usual and accustomed places.

• Generally, these weapons don’t just injure or kill one person but 2-3 at a time.

TREATMENT