Puppet shows are used to reinforce mine risk education for young
children and communities. This programme in the village of Shekhan in
Erbil governorate is conducted by the Kurdistan Organization for Mine
Awareness with support from UNOPS.
PHOTO: Munir Khorani - UNOHCI/OIP Information Office, Oil-for-Food
Programme (March 2003) |
Landmine victim at the Diana Prosthetic Centre in Erbil, northern
Iraq. The Victim Assistance project is supported by UNOPS with funding
through the Oil-for-Food Programme.
PHOTO: Sonia Dumont - UNOHCI/OIP Oil-for-Food Programme (March 2003)
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A minefield in Choman, in the northern governorate of Erbil
PHOTO: UNOHCI/Oil-for Food (October 2001) |
Northern Iraq: A bomb-protected flailing machine beats the ground to
detonate landmines and other unexploded ordnance that might lurk below
the surface. Mine-free land has been handed back to landowners for
agricultural and other civilian use. |