Survivor: war ends but suffering remains

1 August 2016
Khmer Times
Disabled persons / Landmines UXO and demining / Social security and veterans
Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) / Cluster Bombs / Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) / Cluster Munition Monitor (CMM) / Doung Chetha / Explosive Remnants Of War (ERW) / Handicap International (HI) / Kampong Cham Physical Rehabilitation Center / Kimberley McCosker

Forty-six-year-old Phon Chet, who lost his left leg to cluster bombs 14 years ago, sits with other impaired people at a rehabilitation center in Kampong Cham province during a media tour on Thursday. Due to unexploded ordnance left over from the civil war in the 1970s, his wife and six children lost the chance to go to school. The cluster bomb that hit Mr. Chet also struck his wife, who lost her vision. Despite having an artificial leg, he is not considered “disabled” since he is still able to support his family. …cluster bombs

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