5 brothers on mission to educate rural communities about threat of landmines in Kurdistan Region


The loss of their father has motivated five brothers to embark on a mission to raise awareness among local communities in mountainous border areas in the Kurdistan Region of the danger they face from thousands of unexploded mines planted there during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.

Their effort, which they call “Be Aware To Be Safe,” is covering more and more ground in their locality of Bradost, in northeastern Erbil province.

Through publishing and distributing educational leaflets on landmines and how to minimize the threat they pose, the five volunteers reach out to remote communities where the risk is greatest for villagers, including children and the elderly.

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Source: Kurdistan 24