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U.S. war in Laos / aftermath

"Around 12,000 UXO-related accidents occurred since 1973. Data gathered by UXO Lao in areas where it operates in from 1999 to present, show 934 casualties, divided into 655 injuries and 279 deaths. Data indicates more than 50% of the victims are children and more than 81% are male. Bombies are the most common cause of accidents." Source: https://www.uxolao.org/uxo-victims/
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Boarding students plan to expand their school garden is halted by discovery of an unexploded US bomb.
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In a local district hospital in northern Laos, a surgery is performed on and infant's wound outdoors to use sunlight as there was no electricity on this day.
A "bombie" (US cluster bomb), like those that wounded the children below and thousands of other Laotians.
Children who were wounded by US UXO (Unexploded Ordanance) in northern Laos, a 13-year-old lost his hand and was blinded by shrapnel; two youngsters received head wound and had fingers amputated by playing with the bombs, and a boy was severely wounded in the abdomen.

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Minors, Inc.

Minors was established as a 501 (c) (3) Organization at Mankato, Minnesota, in 1984, originally as Minors In Need Of Resettlement, to provide family reunification and related assistance to orphaned and abandoned children in refugee camps in Thailand. Since 1990 we have worked to serve severely impoverished highland ethnic minority communities in Laos and Viet Nam. In the U.S., we have co-created Hmong language resources with schools in Minnesota since 2018.

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