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Red and blue areas are current MgM areas of operation, green areas
are future areas of operation.
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Refugees in their own land
Large areas in Angola are out of bounds to the population because of
the danger from hundreds of thousands of land mines and pieces of stray
ammunition. One million Angolans, almost 5% of the population, live as
so-called "Internally Displaced People (IDPs)".
Even after the fighting has left their home area, they must live in refugee
camps and slums in their own country because they dare not return home.
That is why they are dependent on international aid and it is one of the
main political reasons that the peace process in Angola has been so difficult
to conclude.
Clear goals, big tasks.
Our main task in the past few years - with a small budget and a few highly
motivated staff - has been to help rural Angolans to return to their homes
and fields. To date, more than 60,000 people have been able to return
home as a direct consequence of our work. Do not imagine that they want
to be dependent on aid. When the routes are safe, they cannot get out
of the demoralizing camps quickly enough and do not wait for transport
to be organized.
But thousands of women, children, and men from the province of Moxico
are waiting for MgM (working in close conjunction with other organizations)
to demine and rebuild roads, bridges and the general infrastructure they
need to build their future.
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