There are over 40 million refugees in the world that have left their homes because of the threat of death or injury from landmines. “One study… shows that during a six month period in 1992, 85 percent of those that where injured in mine explosions were engaged in nonmilitary activities such as farming, traveling between villages, and just tending their cattle.” So there are a lot of innocent people getting hurt for nothing. Most mines are located primarily in the developing world along roads, paths, and fields. This is causing many people the right to have a good free life, because many of the people don’t want to work on farms or heard cattle because they never know when they might step

Laos’s cultural history is a blend of three different kinds of religions. The earliest where the animists, or believers in spirits, witch is still used today; Brahmanism, and then Buddhism the most influential religion on the Lao culture today. Many Lao males become monks and will sit in a Wat or Temple from a few days to three months. Loa art and architecture is very unique and expressive. This means that wats and temples are a big tourist attraction.

One big thing that’s a conflict for getting rid of the mines is that it costs hundreds of dollars to remove only one mine that costs $3.00 to make and there are over 100 million mines spread out through the world. Plus some of the mines are almost impossible to find because they are almost totally made out of plastic. Then some of the mines can be as small as a cd. They do this so that the enemy will not detect them. All it takes is the pressure of some ones foot to set it off. Some of the mines can have enough discharge to take of just one leg, but some are set to have a larger discharge to set off other mines causing damage to your face or taking off one of your arms. Plus once the mine goes off it blows everything around it up into your body causing cuts to be filled in with dirt and other things, making treatment difficult.

The climate of Laos is tropical and the climate is mainly determined by the monsoons. The wet summer season is from May to October, with an average rainfall

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