CAMBODIA: Pictured: Cambodian Land Mine Victims Wounded by One of the 6 Million Hidden Devices Waiting to be Detonated are Nursed Back to Health

Date:

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Source:

Daily Mail

Countries:

Asia

South Eastern Asia

Cambodia

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

Reconstruction and Peacebuilding

Disarmament

They are victims of a conflict which ended decades ago.
But daily suffering is still a fact of life for tens of thousands of wounded men and women in Cambodia, struck down by the countless land mines which lay dormant under its soil.

These images, taken this week in a rehabilitation centre in Kampong Cham, one of the largest cities in the country, show some of the nation's 25,000 amputees being helped through their injuries.

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