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In 2022, the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) helped ease the burdens of 73,134 of the Kingdom’s most vulnerable households, according to its latest annual report released on December 26. In addition, it built 104 houses and provided vocational training and education to hundreds of thousands of other families.
A total of five provinces and the capital had been declared mine-free as of December, as Cambodia’s 2025 goal of becoming mine-free approaches. A senior official said the Kingdom is now on track to declare a further six provinces mine-free by the end of next year.
Tbong Khmum province was once infested with landmines, until Prime Minister Hun Sen began his struggle to liberate the nation and save its people from the Khmer Rouge genocidal regime.
Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) not only destroy lives and injure the innocent, but also pose an obstacle to the development of the nation, said Lieutenant General Hun Manet, deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF).
The Samdech Techo for Mine Action Project, which was established in early July, has so far received contributions of nearly $20 million from various philanthropists. The donors aim to join the government as it works to achieve its goal of a mine-free Cambodia by 2025.