https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Hamish-amp-Andy-Land-mine-clearing/m-p/597244#M181915 <P>I just saw a really horrific report on the 7.30 report about landmines in Afghanistan. They were talking about 55,000 civilians losing their limbs a year (I think that was the figure) and a great majority were children.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:41:32 GMT i-need-a-martini 2013-08-05T11:41:32Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Hamish-amp-Andy-Land-mine-clearing/m-p/597182#M181900 <P>Did you happen to see this tonight?&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We visited the COPE (Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise) centre when we were in Laos earlier this year <A href="http://www.copelaos.org/" target="_self">more here</A></P><P>It was one of the most moving experiences of my life.</P><P><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN><STRONG>Lao PDR is the most heavily bombed country, per capita, in history</STRONG><BR /></SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Approximately <STRONG>25% </STRONG>of villages in Laos are contaminated with Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) <A href="http://www.uxolao.org/" target="_self">more here</A></SPAN></P><P><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>If you are interested, you might like to make a contribution to the work COPE or other similar organisations are doing.<BR /></SPAN></P> Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:18:14 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Hamish-amp-Andy-Land-mine-clearing/m-p/597182#M181900 lurker17260 2013-08-05T11:18:14Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Hamish-amp-Andy-Land-mine-clearing/m-p/597244#M181915 <P>I just saw a really horrific report on the 7.30 report about landmines in Afghanistan. They were talking about 55,000 civilians losing their limbs a year (I think that was the figure) and a great majority were children.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:41:32 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Hamish-amp-Andy-Land-mine-clearing/m-p/597244#M181915 i-need-a-martini 2013-08-05T11:41:32Z