What type of mine awareness tools and educational materials does MAG use?
AW: Our tools differ from country to country depending on the target audience, the nature of the threat and the nature of the population you are working with. No two countries are the same. For instance, in Laos, people have been living with UXO [unexploded ordnance] for 25 years. This is different from the population in Kosovo for whom it is a very unknown threat, and the people are not aware of or had to deal with it in their lives. The mine awareness approaches will be very different. There are also cultural differences; the way we work in Northern Iraq will be very different than how we work in Angola. Our programs will differ from place to place, program to program, cultural groups, age groups and ethnic groups. Do you have any way to measure the effectiveness of the techniques that you are using? AW: It is very difficult to measure because you are dealing with people, and each situation is different. We are in effect talking about risk minimization. The effectiveness of mine acti
