MINES ADVISORY GROUP - Community Challenge Cambodia 2009

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Community Challenge Cambodia


19-29 March 2009
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Cambodia is one of the most heavily mined and unexploded ordinance-contaminated countries in the world. MAG has been operational in the country since 1992, clearing the remnants of conflict from both the Vietnam War (1959-1975) and the Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1975-1989).
MAG's work in Cambodia does not just save lives; it clears the path to the country's rural development. The extent of contamination in the country means that much of the rural population lives day-to-day with the threat of injury or death outside their door. MAG is helping to provide the solution.
This challenge is one that brings you into the real essence of Cambodia. We spend two days trekking around the 800 year old temples of the greater Angkor Wat region and then work on a community project to build Cambodian style houses for the poor and victims of landmines.
Our last day will be spent visiting a MAG project to see the amazing, life saving work being done and meet the heroes dedicating their lives to destroying landmines. The history, trekking, building project and warmth and friendliness of the Cambodian people will leave uswith great memories of an amazing challenge.
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To register by post for this event please send a completed registration form, medical form and signed conditions of entry form (download below), along with your registration fee of £275 to the address below.
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If you have any questions or queries about the challenge or how to raise the sponsorship then please email lesley.achim@maginternational.org or call +44 (0) 161 236 4311.




Jargon buster

Remnants of conflict = all items recovered and destroyed as part of MAG’s activities.
These include:

• Anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines.
• Unexploded bombs, rockets, missiles, mortars and grenades (these can be grouped together under the term 'UXO' (unexploded ordnance).)
• 'Small arms', such as revolvers, self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, sub-machine guns, assault rifles, light machine guns.
  
• 'Light weapons', such as hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, portable anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns, recoilless rifles, portable launchers of anti-tank missile and rocket systems, portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems ('MANPADS'), mortars of less than 100mm calibre.

The acronymn 'SALW' is used to refer to small arms and light weapons, the global availability of which is increasingly recognised as a real hindrance to peace and security, and to relief and development activities. Please read Focus on small arms and light weapons from MAG's Annual Review 2007 for futher information.