Mine Risk Education
Mine Risk Education:
The Effective Way to Save Lives
In November 2008, the local staff of Mine Risk
Education implemented drawing competition among
schoolchildren of the schools located in mine
affected and border areas of the country. Through
training mine risk educators and implementing an MRE
program in affected communities and for
schoolchildren, TMAC has achieved goal to reduce the
number of incidents among schoolchildren in
Tajikistan.
by Shahrinisso Davlatova, MRE National
Coordinator
Introduction
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Tajik children learn about the dangers of
mines through educational competitions as
drawings, writing essays, etc. |
In traditional border communities children are
majority who attends hills and fields that mine
hazard exist to collect wood, grass and pasture
domestic animals.
