Humanitarian Demining

It costs as little as 3 dollars to buy a landmine, but it takes about a thousand dollars to remove one.  In order to provide people with an experience of how this work is done, we use four containers filled with sand.  In each of the containers, we put two small rubbermaid containers filled with coin.  Individuals first have to use the metal detectors to see if there are landmines.  If they locate the landmines, then they have to use the prodders to locate the exact location.  Very few people understand how much resources are needed for demining and this exercise gives them an opportunity to learn about this aspect o the landmine crisis.