Angola

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Angolas Problem With Landmines

• By Chase Grieve
• 7th Grade Student
• San Domenico Middle School

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Where Angola is Located
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Angolas History

• Angola became an independent country in 1975.
• Angola was former ruled by the Portuguese.
• Angolas land mine population was developed in
  1960s.
• Angola is about 480,000 square miles and 50 of
  the land is infested with land mines.

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What Landmines Are

• Landmines are small explosive devices that are at
  or just below the surface of the ground.
• When 8 pounds of pressure is applied to the top
  of a Land mine it goes off.
• The most common land mines are M14 anti-personal
  land mines, M16 anti-personal land mines, M15
  anti-tank land mines.

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What Land Mines Can Do

• Land mines are designed to disable military
  personal.
• 49 of all Land Mine victims are children.
• Only 7 of land mine victims die.
• If a Land mines goes off and a person is near by
  the person will probably have a limb blown off.
• After A persons limb is blown off it will
  probably be substituted with prosthetics.

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How Bad Are Land Mines

• Every 1 of every 334 people are victims of land
  mines.
• 98 of all land mine victims are civilians and
  are not military personal.
• There is an estimated 9-15 million land mines in
  Angola.
• Land mines have weakened Angolas economy,
  society, and environment greatly.

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Removing Land Mines

• Many organizations have contributed time, labor,
  and money.
• The United States it self has donated 38,000,000
  total to land mine removal in Angola.
• Between the years 1995 and 2003 the U.S. have
  helped remove 319,000 land mines.

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Land Mine Population In Other Countries
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• How Land Mines Work. Kevin Bonsor. Online
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• Landmines The Scourge of Angola. Ian Feinhandler
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