Preparing for Emergency Response in 2025
Some bombs don’t wait to be found by experts. Imagine an anti-personnel bomb found in your children’s playground: nothing good can happen until that bomb is gone. Ordinary Lao people regularly find bombs in their farms, homes and villages. A plow or a child, a bamboo shoot or a rainstorm unearths the bomb, whose movement-triggered mechanism is now poised to arm. Lao people die every year this way, and the bombs are a source of terror.
There’s a pressing need for rapid response to these emergencies. Starting in April, Restoration Laos will make that happen in one of the most contaminated, hardest-to-reach parts of Laos. Working again with our expert operating partners at Mines Advisory Group, our new team will scramble when the phone rings. Whether it’s a village chief, or a farmer, or a rural school principal, our team will be ready to turn on the flashing lights and say, “don’t worry—we’re on our way.” The team will cost about $115,000 a year to operate, and we’re committed to that funding.
We'll share more on this page as details are finalized!
