reduce the threat of unexploded ordnance (UXO)

© Tim Dirven

Handicap International is still working on the project to reduce the threat of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the province of Savannakhet. In 2010, we reviewed the awareness module specifically targeted at parents and children who collect scrap metal from UXO. After conducting a pilot project to find alternative sources of revenue for these families, Handicap International is now examining several potential courses of action which could be taken to extend this project in 2011. In late 2010, in Vientiane, the Lao PDR hosted the first meeting of States Party to the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions. At that meeting, the group of Laotian Ban Advocates, which was set up in early 2010, played an important role.