Vienna Updates John Alderton speaks to OneWorld Online about his recent experiences in Cambodia with Oxfam Actor John Alderton recently returned from Cambodia with his wife, actress Pauline Collins. As long-time supporters of Oxfam they were invited to Cambodia to see first hand the impact landmines has had on a nation struggling to rebuild itself. Most of them don't survive the blast. The prosthetics take a while to get used to.
People have to learn to walk again.
Some of the people I saw, who had made their 'legs' themselves, even used parts of landmines for that. There was one woman at the hospital who was a double amputee. She had three children - and she wanted to die. You see, if you are not a whole person you are often seen as being of no use to the community. Victims can be ostracised, particularly if they are the breadwinner.