71 countries are contaminated with mines since WW11.
0.5 million mines are estimated to be laid every year.
60 million hidden killers, a guesstimate, are laid world- wide.
Angola, Afghanistan, Cambodia & Iraq, compete for the "most mined" title.
1100 years will be needed to clear and destroy those already in place.
30 victims are killed or maimed every day.
800 victims are killed every month.
1200 victims are maimed every month.
75% of victims are children.
60% of victims are civilians.
50% of victims die within minutes of the blast.
50% of victims make it to hospital.
33% of victims lose at least one limb.
5% of those who make it to hospital, die painfully, within 24 hours.
12 hours is the average time it takes to get to a hospital.
land mines cost from $5.00.
you can be maimed for life for $5.00
EVERY 20 MINUTES A LANDMINE ACTUATES AND CLAIMS A VICTIM.

OS AMIGOS

Esses estranhos que nos amamos
e nos amam
olhamos para eles e são sempre
adolescentes, assustados e sós
sem nenhum sentido pratico
sem grande noção da ameaça ou da renuncia
que sobre a luz incide
descuidados e intensos no seu exagero
de temporalidade pura

Um dia acordamos tristes da sua tristeza
pois o fortuito signifcado dos campos
explica por outras palavras
aquilo que tornava os olhos incomparaveis

Mas a impressão maior e a alegria
de uma maneira que nem se consegue
e por isso ténue, misteriosa:
talvez seja assim todo o amor