Lao PDR - Xieng Khouang Province - The Women of UCT6 unexploded ordnance clearance team

Laos is the most bombed country, per capita, in the world with more than 270 million cluster bomb submunitions dropped on it during the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1974. The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) are a humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants of conflict worldwide and have been working in Lao PDR since 1994. UXO clearance team 6 (UCT6) is an all-female team, one of MAG’s seven UXO clearance teams in Xieng Khouang Province, one of the most heavily bombed province in Lao PDR. After arriving at the clearance site, technician, Pheng examines her metal detector in a set aside area. The metal detectors radar is adjusted to penetrate the depth of 25cm in the ground.

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Image Size: 2828x2121 / 338.0KB; Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Laos Lao PDR Xieng Khouang Mines Advisory Group MAG Xieng Khouang Ban Namoune Namoune humanitarian agency charity NGO non-government organisation UXO unexploded ordnance Vietnam War Vietnam war conflict Tessa Bunney countryside rural environment field remote isolated village cluster bomb cluster bombs bomb submunition bombie UCT6 clearance team women woman work working metal detector metal detector scrap uniform dangerous job clearing technician clear development examine adjust penetrate depth signal quality control destroy contaminated contamination
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Laos is the most bombed country, per capita, in the world with more than 270 million cluster bomb submunitions dropped on it during the Vietnam War from 1963 to 1974. The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) are a humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants of conflict worldwide and have been working in Lao PDR since 1994. UXO clearance team 6 (UCT6) is an all-female team, one of MAG’s seven UXO clearance teams in Xieng Khouang Province, one of the most heavily bombed province in Lao PDR. After arriving at the clearance site, technician, Pheng examines her metal detector in a set aside area. The metal detectors radar is adjusted to penetrate the depth of 25cm in the ground.