Southeast Asia’s Landmine Clearers Face Closure as Global Aid Shifts to New Wars The quiet work of demining groups in Southeast Asia has gone largely unnoticed, even as their efforts continue to save countless lives and clear a path for economic development.
These organizations are facing an existential crisis, one that threatens to undo years of progress and imperil the very people they've sworn to protect.
The culprit is not the wars themselves, but rather the shifting tides of global politics and aid allocation.