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Angola’s Problem With Landmines

Angola’s Problem With Landmines. By Chase Grieve 7 th Grade Student San Domenico Middle School. Where Angola is Located. Angola’s History. Angola became an independent country in 1975. Angola was former ruled by the Portuguese. Angola’s land mine population was developed in 1960’s.

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Angola’s Problem With Landmines

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  1. Angola’s Problem With Landmines By Chase Grieve 7th Grade Student San Domenico Middle School

  2. Where Angola is Located

  3. Angola’s History • Angola became an independent country in 1975. • Angola was former ruled by the Portuguese. • Angola’s land mine population was developed in 1960’s. • Angola is about 480,000 square miles and 50% of the land is infested with land mines.

  4. What Landmines Are • Landmines are small explosive devices that are at or just below the surface of the ground. • When 8 pounds of pressure is applied to the top of a Land mine it goes off. • The most common land mines are: M14 anti-personal land mines, M16 anti-personal land mines, & M15 anti-tank land mines.

  5. What Land Mines Can Do • Land mines are designed to disable military personal. • 49% of all Land Mine victims are children. • Only 7% of land mine victims die. • If a Land mines goes off and a person is near by the person will probably have a limb blown off. • After A persons limb is blown off it will probably be substituted with prosthetics.

  6. How Bad Are Land Mines • Every 1 of every 334 people are victims of land mines. • 98% of all land mine victims are civilians and are not military personal. • There is an estimated 9-15 million land mines in Angola. • Land mines have weakened Angola’s economy, society, and environment greatly.

  7. Removing Land Mines • Many organizations have contributed time, labor, and money. • The United States it self has donated $38,000,000 total to land mine removal in Angola. • Between the years 1995 and 2003 the U.S. have helped remove 319,000 land mines.

  8. Land Mine Population In Other Countries

  9. Bibliography • Angola. UN News Front. Online [Available] •http://www.coralstrand.karoo.net/news/un.htm, 2001. • Angola. HighBeam Research, LLC. Online [Available] http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/angola_history.asp 2004. • ANGOLA'S LANDMINES (LANDMINE). TED Categories and Clusters. Online [Available] http://www.american.edu/ted/landmine.htm 1996. • How Land Mines Work. Kevin Bonsor. Online [Available] •http://science.howstuffworks.com/landmine.htm, 2004. • Landmines: The Scourge of Angola. Ian Feinhandler and Filippo Nardin. Online [Available] http://www.aeaf.org/papers/1997-11-ian-feinhandler.htm1997.

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