Thursday, April 3, 2014

110 Million Active Land Mines

Did you know that approximately 2,000 people per month are either killed or maimed by buried land mines? Most of those are civilians living in areas with buried mines long after military hostility has ended.

Do a quick search in Google for statistics about buried land mines and the results are endless. 24,000 people per year are in danger of having their lives altered by these deadly devices - but because the cost is so great to remove them all (approximately 33 billion dollars!) they are simply left and the innocent discover them.  

Many of the children that PET West Michigan sends PET Carts to - are little ones who have been maimed by buried land mines. The average cost for surgical care and an orthopedic appliance in a developing country, is $3,000.  This isn't feasible for families to come up with, and more times than not the children end up not being mobile in anyway and are forgotten by society.  A PET cart costs only $300 to build and ship directly to these children and provides them with mobility and a new lease on life!


*much of the statistics and information in this blog were gathered from www.un.org

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