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Educating families on landmine awareness at times seems fruitless, when faced with the fact that thousands of innocent civilians are maimed or killed each year, and half of the children in your classroom are amputees. In following paragraphs, you will learn why our world is faced with this problem which stems from an unfortunate by-product of civil unrest and war. To help understand the problem, we will discuss what a landmine is, and the danger it imposes. An anti-personnel landmine defined in layman’s terms is a small explosive device placed under the surface of the earth, triggered to explode upon intimate contact with a person. Landmines are designed primarily to deny access to land and it’s resources, causing deprivation and social problems among the affected populations. The medical, social, and economic consequences are immense. The issue with landmines in the world today is much more widespread than most people realize.
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