Last month, Chum, father of four small children from Banteay Meanchey, lost both his legs to a landmine. He wanted to kill himself when he saw stumps instead of legs. I remember well how I felt when I lost my legs. I wanted to die. Children in Angola and Bosnia lie in hospital unable to play, waiting for a crutch or a leg or a wheelchair.
Women are afraid to plant rice or search for firewood.
But they are too poor to stay safe. They must risk their lives and go into mine-infested field. This must stop, that is why the US should sign. Every day I see rice fields with landmines under the ground ready to attack. Every day I see handicapped without houses, without water, without jobs, with many children needing money to go to school needing wheelchairs and limbs.