Tony Connell: Clearing mines and unexploded munitions
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English - October 15, 2022 21:05 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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More than 4000 people are killed by landmines every year. Nearly half of those are children. When a conflict ends, mines and unexploded bombs, shells and cluster-munitions continue to kill and maim. Former Kiwi Soldier Tony Connell is the Ukraine Country Director for the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action, a non-governmental organisation whose goal is to clear mines and unexploded munitions around the world.