Village Prodding Lesson

This image is of one of the mine awareness teacher teaching a group of adult villagers (it is suppose to be strictly only adults, but some children always sneak in) how to prod to get themselves out of a minefield or to enter a minefield if they need to rescue someone. The teachers stresses that they must prod a full path, so they can walk safely when they are carrying a victim out of a minefield. The prodder has to be held at a 30 degree angle and 3-5cm deep probes are made at 2 finger joints apart, along lines which are also at 2 finger joints apart (this is so they don't miss the smallest mine found in Cambodia, which is approx. 5.6 cm in diameter).
Battambang Province Cambodia.

Photo by: Tim Grant

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