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This world no longer feels like ours
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Demining is A Job Full of Purpose - Part II
Hanin (21) and Mahdi (24) are two deminers who joined Norwegian People’s Aid Lebanon in June 2019 to clear explosive ordnance from contaminated land near the Syrian border in North-East Lebanon under a project funded by the European Union’s Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP).
“It looks as though an atomic bomb has gone off”
Beirut residents fled out into the streets to help after the enormous explosion that took place on 4 August. “The chaos is indescribable. Everybody in shock,” says Nagham Souki, programme coordinator for Norwegian People’s Aid.
Massive need for assistance following Beirut explosion
The damage from the Beirut port explosion is enormous, so is the need for aid.
The Remnants of Two Wars
There’s a village in the North-Eastern part of Lebanon that has witnessed two recent wars, 24 years apart. Thousands of cluster sub-munitions were dropped in the area, first in 1982 and later in 2006. Many didn’t explode on impact.
A Field of Mines and Hope
On a sunny day in August 2017, Fadi and two of his friends decided to go for a hike. Without knowing, they entered a minefield.
Demining is a job full of purpose - Part I
Hanin, 20, and Mahdi, 23, recently joined NPA Lebanon as deminers in Rass Baalbek.