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Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding
Donor cuts and aid shifts to Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan threaten clearance work as Cambodia still has 1,749 square kilometers of uncleared land, officials said.
- Southeast Asian demining groups face severe funding cuts as international donors shift critical financial aid toward active conflict zones like Ukraine, Gaza, and Sudan.
- The Vietnam War and the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror killed about 1.7 million Cambodians, leaving Cambodia with 1,749 square kilometers of uncleared land as of last year.
- Deminer Poy lost an arm and an eye to a land mine and now works with Cambodian Self Help Demining; unexploded ordnance has killed approximately 90,000 people across the region.
- President Donald Trump's 90-day freeze on foreign aid last year worsened regional instability, while State Marco Rubio announced $130 million in demining assistance in July; Danae Hendrickson of Legacies warned this has "set a really dangerous precedent for what can be done."
- Some demining groups may be forced to halt operations by September due to sharp donation cutbacks, and advocates warn Southeast Asia's unfinished work will continue endangering communities and slowing regional development.
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Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding
Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year.
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