| OBJEKTIVES OF THE GUIDE |
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THE GOAL OF THE MINE AWARENESS education
programme is to reduce the number of mine death and injuries
through a cornmunity-based education prograrnme, while the long and
difficult task of clearing milles, UXO and booby-traps is going on. |
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Mine awareness education seeks to change behaviour so that
people do all they can to avoid being killed or maimed by mines.
Mine A wareness education cannot guarantee safety, but if mine
awareness becomes a way of life, it will reduce death and injuries
to a minim om. |
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Mine Awareness aims to give out information and provide training
in essential skilIs to those at-risk in order to avoid accident. |
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WHO NEEDS MINE AWARENESS EDUCATION? |
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EVERYONE LIVING, TRAVELING THROUGH, OR
VISITING A MINE-CONTAMINATED AREA NEEDS TO BE
"MINE AWARE". This means men, women and children, no matter
what their occupations are, or whether they travel into the field and
woods or not.
No one is immune from the threat of mines. |
| WHO THE GUIDE IS FOR? |
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This Guide is meant to be used outside as well as inside the classroom. |
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Users of the Guide are likely to be mostly the following: |
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