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Deadly landmines threaten the lives and wellbeing of children in rural Colombia
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A report on the damage that landmines have caused to Colombia's children and young people.
You're watching UNICEF Television.
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Dogs at this army base in Colombia are being trained to sniff out explosives.
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Explosives like these rudimentary, but sometimes lethal, landmines, commonly used in Colombia's
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longstanding internal war between government troops, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces.
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Because of this conflict, landmines and unexploded ordnance lurk in many areas of the countryside.
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And Colombia has the highest victim rate in the world, says UNICEF Mine Action Officer
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Sharon Ball.
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Last year alone we had 65 new child victims.
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Child victims like Irma Jeanette, now 16, who was only 10 years old when she put her
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left foot on a landmine while walking through the woods.
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The explosion tore off her leg and left her unable to ever bear children.
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It's too horrible what happens to people with these mines.
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Irma Jeanette is determined to put the past behind her.
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How do you get on with your life if you just keep crying about what happened to you?
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Having lost two years of school because of the accident, she's now resumed her studies.
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But like other young victims, she will still need help.
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A child victim will need a new prosthesis maybe every four months, especially if they're
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living in a rural area because of wear and tear.
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And that's a dramatic cost for a family coming from a poor area.
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In rural areas where 96% of mine-related accidents take place, young lives suffer a heavy toll
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even when children are physically unscathed.
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These kids will likely struggle to complete their schooling.
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Why?
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Their father has lost the use of his leg and one eye to a landmine.
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He's now unable to farm his small plot of land.
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The impact of accidents like these on local communities is devastating, says mine risk
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educator Martina Morillo.
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It's created panic among people here.
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Making children wise to the dangers of landmines is one way to fight the panic, using songs,
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and games.
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Until nationwide demining can be undertaken here, prevention measures like these, coupled
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with help for the victims' families, are the most realistic ways to counter the constant
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threat of landmines.
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- UNICEF
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- EducaMadrid
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- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada
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- Fecha:
- 29 de mayo de 2007 - 14:47
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Enlace Relacionado:
- UNICEF (United Nations International Chidren's Emergency Fund)
- Duración:
- 02′ 44″
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- 4:3 Hasta 2009 fue el estándar utilizado en la televisión PAL; muchas pantallas de ordenador y televisores usan este estándar, erróneamente llamado cuadrado, cuando en la realidad es rectangular o wide.
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