The Difference MAG Makes: 2012/13 Summary Review

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The difference

MAG makes2012/13 Summary Review


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A note from MAGs Chief Executive

While Mine Action remains at the heart of MAG, the

past year has seen a signicant increase in our Arms

Management and Destruction operations. This work reduces the risk of poorly stored or

managed legitimate weapons stocks falling into the hands of those who may threaten the

safety of the community. It also reduces the risk of explosions of depots (usually in urban

areas) which are otherwise frequent occurrences, often killing civilians and destroying

housing and infrastructure.

MAG established a presence in both Burma/Myanmar and Mali this year. Teams worked

closely with the authorities in both countries to respond to the urgent need to reduce

accidents from explosive weapons through the provision of risk education sessions, and

later to assess the requirement for the clearance of mines and unexploded remnants of

war.

Throughout the year we have been monitoring the situation in Syria as the need for

our expertise becomes more and more apparent, both in response to the immediate

emergency and in starting long-term, post-conict clearance when the circumstances

are right. Already our teams in the north of Iraq have cleared land at Domiz for the

construction of the largest refugee camp in the country, while our community liaison staff

provide risk education on a daily basis for Syrian refugees crossing the border.

MAG remains committed to making a life-saving and life-changing difference for

communities affected by conict. Wherever we can do so, well reduce the risks that

people live with, and help to build a new future by clearing the path to peaceful social

and economic development.

Nick Roseveare

MAGs work is driven by the

humanitarian goal of reducing

the impact of conict and

armed violence on men,

women and children, andunlocking the possibility

of peaceful and productive

futures for them.


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MAG worldwide in 2012/2013 2million+people helped to livesafer and more prosperous lives

KEY

CENTRAL

AMERICA

MIDDLE

EAST

AFRICA

Angola

Burundi

Chad

DR Congo

Libya

Mali

Puntland State of Somalia

Republic of Congo

South Sudan

Sudan

MINE ACTIONActivities include survey, mine and unexploded ordnance clearance and

destruction, risk education, Battle Area Clearance, community liaison,

Explosive Ordnance Disposal and training and capacity building.

El Salvador

Iraq

LebanonARMS MANAGEMENT AND DESTRUCTIONActivities include armoury risk assessment, construction and refurbishment

of armouries, destruction of surplus and/or obsolete weapons and munitions,

small arms marking and record keeping and training and capacity building.

SOUTHERN AND

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Cambodia

Lao PDR

Sri Lanka

Vietnam


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KEY STATISTICS

Mine ActionMore than

Almost

of land cleared

worldwide

risk education

sessions

delivered

landmines and

items of

unexplodedordnance

destroyed

13 million m2

13,000

325,220

Mine Action remained at the core of much of MAGs operational activity worldwide throughout the 2012/2013 business year. Across our programmes

clearance of mineelds and unexploded ordnance from former battle areas, and risk education has saved innumerable lives, creating opportunities

for economic growth and social development where before there was fear and danger.

SELECTED PROGRAMME ACHIEVEMENTS

Africa

Angola. Teams continued to clear the Muhinhi mineeld creating safe land for farming and housing development.

Chad. Routes were cleared for the population between Faya, Zouar and Barda.

DR Congo. Completed clearance of the Lindu Mineeld in Bas Congo, which was handed over back to the community.

Mali.Developed risk education programmes for communities affected by the conict in early 2013.

South Sudan. Teams continued operations in Greater Equatoria, Upper Nile and Unity States.

Middle East

Iraq. Responded to the Syrian refugee crisis through clearance of the Domiz refugee camp and delivering risk education at the border point crossing.

Lebanon. Cleared cluster bomb strikes and mineelds enabling land to be used for housing and agriculture.

South East And Southern Asia

Cambodia. Developed Battle Area Clearance activities in the east of the country to further benet vulnerable communities.

Lao PDR.Unexploded ordnance clearance continued in two of the most highly affected communities - Khammouane and Xieng Khouang.

Sri Lanka. Post-clearance released land has enabled civilian resettlement, development and recovery of livelihoods.

Vietnam.New operations were developed in Quang Nam Province.


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Schools reborn on

former minefields

MAGs work in the war-torn region of Puthukudiyiruppu in northern Sri Lanka has helped hundreds

of children get back to school.

In total, 279 landmines and nearly 500 other dangerous items were removed from the school and its

grounds, each of which could have cost lives or limbs. Prior to the conict, the school educated around 600

students, but ghting forced villagers to leave the area in 2009, many eeing south to the huge Menik Farm

camp for internally displaced people.

MAG was the rst international agency active in the region following the end of the conict, with our

Community Liaison teams surveying an area of almost 12 million m2. During this process, they identied

more than 1.1 million m2of land in and around the school was heaving contaminated with landmines and

unexploded ordnance. MAGs life saving intervention has provided safe access to the school and enabled

other development agencies to work in the area.

On top of the clearance, MAG also conducted four community safety briengs to maintain levels of safety

and minimise risks to children in mine-affected areas. Though the schools buildings are still damaged and

facilities limited, the 266 boys and girls now studying there are glad to be back. We do not have chairs,

tables and desks, one told us, but my friends and I are happy to be able to study in our own school.

When MAG

took those

mines out of

the ground,our children

were able to

safely

return and

restart theirschool lives

in peace.

Anton Kulathas

Principal of Puthukudiyiruppu

Roman Catholic School


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Arms Management

and Destruction

KEY STATISTICS

weapons

destroyed

armouries built

or refurbished

18,970

21 MAGs Arms Management and Destruction operations reduce the harm that can result from unplanned explosions and stem from the diversion ofarms to the illicit market.SELECTED PROGRAMME ACHIEVEMENTS

Africa

Burundi.Continued to deliver vital support for the Government and the Force de Defence Nationale (FDN, Burundian Army).

DR Congo. In an innovative and highly cost-effective project, MAG built 14 prefabricated armouries at priority sites in Kinshasa, Kinsangani and Bas

Congo, utilising standard shipping containers.

Libya. MAG established itself as a primary actor and technical lead for activities in Misrata, Zintan, Azaziyah and Mizdah against a difcult and

evolving political backdrop.

Puntland State of Somalia.Refurbishment and construction of armouries continued in both Somalia and Puntland, combined with improved training

for army, police and coastguard personnel.

Republic of Congo.MAG concluded the clean up of dangerous weapons and unexploded ordnance following the Mpila armoury explosion in March

2012, which took 282 lives and made a further 14,000 people homeless.

Americas

El Salvador.Armouries at 10 sites were targeted for upgrades with MAG providing technical advice and oversight for the installation.


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Safely storing guns

MAG has trained army technicians in the Democratic Republic of Congo

to catalogue, separate and organise state-held ammunition and cut up old,

unserviceable and surplus guns.

The programme has also developed an innovative and cost-effective solution to

help prevent the proliferation of small arms and light weapons from state controlled

armouries. Shipping containers have been adapted with lockable weapons racks and

cupboards, and drawers for pistols and ammunition. The project works with the police

and army, logging weapons in and out to ensure accountability and security.

These are practical solutions that improve security for the population. MAG is the

only non-governmental organisation in the country with the accreditation to carry out

this sensitive work.

MAG has

worked with

national

authorities inthe Democratic

Republic of

Congo since

2006 to improve

the storage of

weapons and

ammunition and

destroy surplus

guns.


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KEY STATISTICS

In Cambodia

In Lao PDR

In Vietnam

there was a 32%increase in households

reporting income in the

highest bracket of the

survey

there was a fall of

43%

of respondents who felt that

there was land that they

could not access due to

unexploded ordnance

78%of respondentsfelt that the removal of

unexploded ordnance had

enabled farmland to be used

Being able to assess and monitor the impact MAGs work has on the social and economic development of communities across the globe, is

crucial in determining the long-term positive effects on development that clearance and risk education has. To this end, since early 2011, MAG has

conducted surveys with communities in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam to assess how lives and futures have been changed for the better.

KEY FINDINGS

Clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance and targeted risk education in all three countries has resulted in

An increase in safety with a reduction of accidents.

A decrease in the psychological fear linked to real or perceived contamination.

An increase in the availability of land safe for agricultural use, improving food security and increasing economic opportunities, with

communities showing demonstrably higher employment and increased income.

In short people in affected communities now feel less vulnerable and are more able to reclaim land and develop their livelihoods.

This is the difference MAG makes.

Assessing our

impact


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Australian Government

5%

UK Government

18%

Dutch Government

12%

European

Commission

and ECHO

11%

MAG America

and the

US Department

for Weapons

Removal &

Abatement27%

Norwegian

Government

4%

The United

Nations*

6%

Other donors

16%

Voluntary income

1%

Angola

6%

Burundi

1%

Cambodia

7%

Chad

7%

Republic

of Congo

2%

DR Congo

10%

El Salvador0.9%

Laos

6%

Lebanon9%Libya9%

Mali

0.01%

Myanmar

0.09%

North Iraq

16%

Sudan

4%

Somalia

5%

South

Sudan

6%

SriLanka

5%

Vietnam

6%

12%

88%

Cost of

Charitable

Activities

overseas

Central Support, Governance and

Fundraising costs

Overseas expenditure

in 2012/2013

MAGs full Annual Report and Financial Statement is available on request. Please contact [email protected] or visit www.maginternational.org.

The split of costs

in 2012/2013

Income and Expenditure 2012/2013

Where our funds came from

in 2012/2013

* Includes funding from UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOPS and UNDP

33.2

millionincome

32.5

millionexpenditure

For every1coming into MAG in 2012/2013,we spent88poverseas on life-savingprogrammes helping men,womenand childrenin conflict-affected countries


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All photographs Sean Sutton/MAG

Our VisionA safe and secure future for men, women and children affected by armed

violence and conict.

Our MissionTo save lives and build futures by working with others to:

reclaim land contaminated with the debris of conict;

nd ways to reduce the daily risk of death or injury for civilians; and

create safe and secure conditions for development free from armed

violence.

Cleared more than13 million m2

of land

Destroyed

325,220landmines and

other explosive

weapons

Helped more than

2 millionpeople live

safer and more

prosperous lives

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