I am Margarida Luis Sitoe. I am a manual deminer for APOPO #Mozambique #MargaridaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/Sr1zChOppl
I help to detect hidden landmines left over from the civil #war over 30 years ago. #MargaridaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/pHQMFCHLxS
Strategic structures such as power lines were mined to protect them from sabotage. #MargaridaSpeaks #Development pic.twitter.com/OIKqwfUGPo
After the war many mines were left behind, so fertile land lay unsafe and unused #MargaridaSpeaks #charity pic.twitter.com/DzyRDGJC9y
Farmers couldn’t grow crops or graze cattle there & #children had to stay away. #MargaridaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/C8UrLPYkZu
On arrival we meet local leaders & survey the land to assess land mine contamination. #MargaridaSpeaks #Aid pic.twitter.com/SUrTsgOSNb
Manual deminers like me... #MargaridaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/1u2STwz3yy
And mine detection rats... #MargaridaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/q8Cy9G08UJ
The rats can search 200 square meters an hour. This could take me eight days. #MargaridaSpeaks #technology pic.twitter.com/ZqLwwRHd5Z
The #rats detect only explosives but I investigate every alarm my detector makes #MargaridaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/m4ZcmoWHyL
It could be an old coin, or piece of scrap metal, or it could a landmine like this one. #MargaridaSpeaks #peace pic.twitter.com/0FxjNNOL4k
Once I have verified and exposed the landmine a colleague prepares it for demolition. #MargaridaSpeaks #NGO pic.twitter.com/kXLiiv9SxM
Sometimes there were many mines - the pylons were protected by #terror #MargaridaSpeaks pic.twitter.com/YxHKIKFfoO
My mother worries, but we are well trained at APOPO so accidents don’t happen. #MargaridaSpeaks #Africa pic.twitter.com/vgmqV4El1r
My daughter is proud because everyone tells her that APOPO is helping people. #MargaridaSpeaks #Children pic.twitter.com/9YrsQ1yIrU
Farmers can get back to work on their land... #MargaridaSpeaks #Agriculture pic.twitter.com/KDzhFb97KB
Support Margarida to create a mine free world with a small donation. #MargaridaSpeaks http://www.apopo.org/en/donate pic.twitter.com/DM1Ll0Fast
A Deminer's Story
Margarida Luis Sitoe clears landmines in Mozambique for APOPO and spoke about her work to free her country of these inhumane weapons. This is an excellent photo essay showing how demining is done and the impact it has.
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Landmines in Africa14,308 Views
Landmines in Africa14,308 Views
