Laos

Laos. The most heavily bombed country per capita in history. Between 1964 and 1973 around 2.5 million tons of ordnance was dropped. More than 50,000 people have been killed, 98% of them civilians. Almost half of these were children. And while this may seem a problem of the past, unexploded bombs are still a very real threat. 30% of those bombs did not explode and there are still many hidden and lying in wait. One NGO alone has cleared 62,000 explosives since 2012. It’s a shameful legacy.