restoration laos

From April 2024 to April 2025, the cost of operating our team was just over $150,000. We will never know how many deaths or injuries don't happen because of our work. But we do know that the land we cleared restores safety and prosperity that benefit over 1000 people, a cost of about $150 per person. 

The budget for 2025-26 will be ready soon and we'll post it ASAP. We expect it to be slightly lower than the prior year because the team, which responds to emergencies rather than sweeping terrain, operates most effectively with a sightly smaller complement of bomb technicians.

For historical context here is the  budget for 2024-25.

Top reasons to help:

1. Every step represents permanent change.  Once a village is cleared, it stays cleared. 
2. Guaranteed results.  When land is cleared, it can be used without fear. In this troubled world, it feels good to have a clear win.
3. Universal appeal. In a time when everything seems controversial, this isn't.  Everyone can agree that children should not be killed by remnants of a war from half a century ago.
4. Justice.  The U.S. wasn’t even at war with Laos, but we left the country riddled with bombs. Laos doesn’t have the resources to clean them up and shouldn’t have to: it’s our job. 
5. Cost effectiveness.  Where else can $150 per person transform daily life forever, for an individual, and their children, and their children's children?