Nonprofit Removes 300,000 Landmines in Sri Lanka, Allows 280K People to Return to Their Homes
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Nonprofit Removes 300,000 Landmines in Sri Lanka, Allows 280K People to Return to Their Homes

In northern Sri Lanka, an area largely avoided by the 2 million tourists who visit the island every year, an organization has safely removed its 300,000th landmine leftover from the island’s civil war. Those mines and unexploded bombs were cleared across an area 33% larger than the island of Manhattan, and their removal allowed for […] The post Nonprofit Removes 300,000 Landmines in Sri Lanka, Allows 280K People to Return to Their Homes appeared first on Good News Network.