The latest from the Mines Advisory Group http://www.mag.org.uk/ MAG is carrying out humanitarian programmes of clearance and education worldwide on a daily basis, to reduce the suffering caused by landmines and other explosive weapons. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=12308 2008-04-03 14:20:44 Three classmates from Luanda International School are aiming to encourage children in other countries to pressurise their own governments into signing the Ottawa Treaty. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=12076 2008-03-10 16:38:05 The work of a MAG Mine Action Team is physically and mentally challenging, requiring workers to cut through thick grass or cactus and search through rocks and rubble in the summer sun and the winter chill. Find out why do they do it... http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=12050 2008-03-07 12:00:29 Rami Ossayran and his mother, Ilham, were woken by the loud sounds and shocks of bombing one night in July 2006 and were forced to flee their hometown of Qoseybeh. When the 34-day war ended, they returned to find that their house and their livelihood had been destroyed... http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=12017 2008-02-29 17:04:22 The Vientiane Times covered the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between MAG and the National Regulatory Authority for the unexploded ordnance (UXO)/mine action sector in Lao PDR for continued clearance in the country. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=12000 2008-02-26 10:43:48 Tuesday, February 26th, Manchester, UK: Listen to experts from the Mines Advisory Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, the George House Trust and VSO, as they talk about their experiences of healthcare in the world's poorest countries. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11932 2008-02-22 09:39:54 Three MAG employees have become the first South Sudanese to attain the internationally recognised IMAS (International Mine Action Standards) level three EOD (emergency ordnance disposal) certificate. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11916 2008-02-19 17:05:42 MAG is a UK registered charity that works in many conflict-affected countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Training local people to clear landmines, booby-traps and unexploded bombs. MAG works to reduce the risks of living in a dangerous environment through a combination of mine clearance and mine awareness education. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11898 2008-02-14 18:21:23 The global availability of small arms and light weapons (SALW) is increasingly recognised as a real hindrance to peace and security, and to relief and development issues. It is not, however, a straightforward matter. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10105 2008-02-11 17:58:34 The final demolition of hazardous items from Forces Armees de la Republique Democratique du Congo storage facility Camp Ngashi took place on 29 January. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11852 2008-02-11 17:56:43 Forty years on, the long-term effect of this key phase of the Vietnam war still reverberates throughout Quang Binh and Quang Tri Provinces. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11682 2008-02-08 16:27:39 MAG has assisted the Burundian army in destroying 104 Man-Portable Air Defence Systems, marking the first phase of an eight-month project to support the Government of Burundi in reducing the threat from small arms and light weapons (SALW) and unsecured stockpiles in the country. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10188 2008-02-08 12:11:51 MAG's Lebanon programme is the subject of a four-page article in this week's Big Issue in the North. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11770 2008-02-07 11:46:07 On the request of the Kurdish Regional Government, MAG has cleared a minefield which was preventing the reconstruction of a bridge on a main trade highway to Syria. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11645 2008-02-06 12:44:01 The results of MAG's work in Canjamba have been staggering: the village is constructing two new water bore holes, has extensive plans for new houses on formerly contaminated land and is renovating its school to accommodate the increase in the number of children attending. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=9978 2008-02-06 12:22:59 Noimany Pialeuxay is MAG Lao’s first ever female driver, and the newest member of the All-Female Team in Xieng Khouang province. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11482 2008-02-04 10:30:22 The areas cleared since MAG restarted operations in the country will allow more then 30,000 internally displaced persons to return to their communities. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11532 2008-02-04 10:22:49 After one of her sons was badly injured by a mine in Au Chhurkram, mother of six Lay Rim, whose her first husband died in conflict and second husband left her, went to the village head and begged him to ask MAG to clear land. Read her story here. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10505 2008-01-21 17:07:07 Nearly 18 months after the 2006 war in Lebanon began, journalist Billy Briggs visited the country to see for himself the work MAG is doing to overcome its lethal legacy. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11062 2008-01-15 14:41:35 'From a back street in Manchester city centre, a small charity is busy making the world a safer place...' The BBC website features a new article on MAG. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11310 2008-01-11 15:16:16 Remnants of conflict such as landmines, explosive ordnance, malfunctioning and abandoned weapons deny access to key community assets such as land, water, and infrastructure, and restrict the modus operandi of government and relief and development agencies. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11160 2008-01-03 10:52:30 MAG is delighted by the news that Lou McGrath, MAG’s executive director since 1997, has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11124 2008-01-03 10:52:14 More than 100,000 landmines and items of unexploded ordnance have been removed from two provinces in Vietnam by MAG since the organisation started humanitarian mine action in the country in 1999. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11111 2007-12-21 14:16:30 MAG recently hosted an information evening in Lao PDR, based around the theme ‘Six things you might not know about MAG Lao’. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11093 2007-12-17 11:52:34 MAG Lao's informal gathering last week for those working in the field of unexploded ordnance was based around the theme “Six things you might not know about MAG Lao”. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11086 2007-12-17 11:51:39 MAG spent part of September in one of the more marginalised hamlets of Quang Binh province, conducting mobile operations to reduce the risk of injury or death from unexploded ordnance. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10402 2007-12-10 12:13:30 The photo exhibition ‘Angola: journey through change’ is currently showing at the European Information Centre ‘Centro de Informação Europeia Jacques Delors’, in Lisbon, Portugal. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10273 2007-12-10 12:13:27 Three people were killed, 94 injured and more than 200 families displaced as a result of a lethal explosion at the armed forces’ Camp Ngashi storage facility in June – completing clearance of the thousands of remnants of conflict scattered around Mbandaka requires a dedicated emergency response. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10383 2007-12-10 12:06:51 A WEEK IN SOUTHERN SUDAN: Photographer Sean Sutton's diary offers a unique insight into MAG's work in the country. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10755 2007-11-29 10:54:19 Numerous pictures highlighting the work of MAG in various countries are part of the ‘explosive legacy of war’ exhibition on display at the German parliament in Berlin. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10844 2007-11-29 10:41:38 MAG featured in an article in Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo yesterday (15 November) on the humanitarian work carried out in Lebanon. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10567 2007-11-16 15:18:52 Come and enjoy a Christmas Carol service to welcome in Advent and the festive season with a concert in aid of MAG. The Elysian Singers choir present ‘A Baroque Christmas’ at St John's, Smith Square, London on Sunday, 2nd December at 7.30pm. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10292 2007-11-05 08:55:12 The Partnership for Safe Educational Opportunities is the first initiative in Laos to explicitly link UXO (unexploded ordnance) clearance with increased school attendance through feeding activities. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10168 2007-11-02 09:20:10 A gender study conducted by MAG in Laos shows that while both men and women are satisfied with their community’s decisions about which land to clear, there is room for increasing women’s involvement in the process. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10139 2007-10-25 13:26:15 Canadian sculptor Blake has pledged to raise £1.2 million for landmine clearance and victim assistance through the sale of a unique collection of work called Fragments. The Fragments exhibition takes place in London from 1-17 November 2007. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10098 2007-10-24 13:07:37 It's break time at Thamxay primary school and over 500 children are running around and laughing. But just a couple of months before, playing games here could have had lethal consequences. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10023 2007-10-23 14:54:39 On 10th October, at around 10am, the gate of the MAG compound in Luena swung open and two small children entered the base... http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=10014 2007-10-23 10:41:09 One of the poorest families in the village of Ban Nam Hom talks about the positive effects of MAG’s clearance project in the areas surrounding the Plain of Jars sites. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=9964 2007-10-18 10:25:26 MAG continues to implement operations – both within Iraq and along the border with Turkey and Iran – despite continued instability. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=9579 2007-10-04 17:01:45 Funded by Church World Service, MAG demining team ‘MAT 16’ found and destroyed 199 anti-personnel mines in Kbal Tumnob village, to give Pen Kourm and his family more than just peace of mind. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=9538 2007-09-26 17:40:37 From today [Friday 21 September] until Sunday, three MAG staff will be accompanying the UN Palestinian Relief Organisation (UNRWA) mission inside Nahr El-Bared camp in Tripoli. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=9475 2007-09-26 12:58:51 MAG Iraq’s newly formed mobile small arms and light weapons (SALW) destruction project safely removed and destroyed more than 3,000 items in its opening two weeks. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=9420 2007-09-20 17:52:44 MAG has destroyed a cache of over 200 small arms and light weapons (SALW) near Sulaimaniyah, found at a scrapyard through which children have to walk on their way to a school less than 100 metres away. http://www.mag.org.uk/news.php?s=2&p=11718 0000-00-00 00:00:00