Attention all Eslonians: The Night of 1000 Dinners is approching fast. Most will be held in early December. Eslonian diplomatic and consular posts are hosting 5 dinners this year. Please contact the DFA for more information or visit: http://www.1000dinners.com/ |
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| REPUBLIC OF ESLO NATIONAL LANDMINES AWARENESS PROGRAM HOME PAGE |
| The National Landmines Awareness Program of Eslo is a policy regarding the landmines issue. The Republic of Eslo is a country free of landmines, but there are still countries that have been plagued by these underground killers. The program was started in January of 2001, and involves the department of: Defense, Foreign Affairs, Culture, Education, Interior, and Transportation. The NLAP involves Eslonian government officials all over the world getting involved with local communities to raise awareness and take action on this issue. The President of the NLAP is His Royal Majesty, King Jose Izzaguerra. The King of the Republic of Eslo chose to head this coalition of government institutions in order to fully coordinate the most efficient efforts. |
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| Countries affected by mine problem are usually poor with social and economic infrastructure torn apart by a savage civil war. Educational programs have ceased and people with professional qualifications have long since left. Military hardware is in the hands of armed gangs, poorly trained soldiers or even children. When the war ends there may be thousands, if not millions, of antipersonnel mines found planted in vast tracts of land in the most remote parts of the country. However, their placement is designed to cause maximum harassment to those who live in or travel through the area. Thus, they are usually laid in roads or tracks, around sources of clean water, near fruit-bearing trees, in houses awaiting the return of refugees and in the fields upon which the community is dependent for its livelihood. Health care is largely dependent on a variety of foreign aid agencies whose work is also hampered by the presence of mines. One mine, or even the suspicion that there are mines, can close a road for weeks. The cost of bringing in aid may be multiplied by 25 if all supplies have to be transported by air. Some areas may simply be too dangerous for the agencies to visit or work in. When someone steps on a mine, that person's medical needs are unlikely to be met; anyone trying to bring help is also immediately at risk from other mines. It may be hours or even days to the nearest medical facility, even a primitive one. If the victim survives the mine injury, what awaits him or her with a severe disability in such a country? Even crutches may be too expensive. Traveling to a limbfitting centre may be a major undertaking for the whole family. Who is going to pay for the prosthesis if it is not fitted and manufactured free of charge by one of the agencies? Employment is unlikely; begging on the streets may be the surest form of income. Divorce and social ostracism may be added to the insult and indignity of being handicapped in such a country. |
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