Landmines

Catherine, Aimee and Lee visited a shop and noticed that there was a photo of Princess Diana on the wall. In the photo was the shop assistant. In enquiring further the assistant advised that she was in fact the shop owner and that she was a landmine victim in 1979. She came from a rural community and was walking with a friend when her friend stood on a land mine. Her friend was killed and she lost her right leg and some of her torso. She was 12 at the time. After going to a rehabilitation school she learnt to become a tailor and from there she has become an entrepreneur who now owns two shops that sell goods made by landmine victims. After Pol Pot Cambodia had a disproportionately high number of unexplored landmines but most have been cleared now.