Cambodia has been dealing with the insurmountable task leftover from decades of war and its legacy, unexploded ordnance or UXOs. Estimates range from 3 to 9 million unexploded bombs that are still just beneath the surface throughout the region. These bombs are left over from air strikes, artillery fire, mortar shells, rockets, grenades, anti-personnel and anti-vehicle land mines are indiscriminate weapons and do not expire, often killing or injuring between 100 to 200 people in Cambodia a year. With little resource, the countries' people and Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) are still facing over a hundred years being exposed to this deadly issue while walking and cultivating their land in fear.<br /> <br /> Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) worker clad in protective gear donated by the Japanese inspects a unexploded shell in the dirt where his team searches for land mines and unexploded ordnance using a metal detectors to sweep a field in the Cambodian countryside province of Kampong Thom. Jan. 2013.
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