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International Committee of the Red Cross
9-07-2008 Photo Collection
Angola: three decades of service to the war-disabled
Angola has thousands of victims of land mines, a legacy of war. Recently the ICRC handed to the authorities its physical rehabilitation programme, which has assisted victims for nearly three decades.
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(ZIP 3.5 Mb) Huambo, central Angola. ICRC orthopaedic centre. One of the youngest mine victims. - Between 1975 and 2002 anti-personnel land mines killed and wounded thousands of Angolans. The ICRC opened its first physical rehabilitation centre in Huambo in 1979 to assist Angolan mine victims, now officially estimated at 80,000.
©ICRC/L. De Toledo/v-p-ao-n-00061-31
Huambo, Bomba Alta, ICRC orthopaedic centre. Women amputees. – Although relative normality has returned since the 2002 Luena peace agreement, mines remain a major problem. The ICRC has supported three state-run-limb-fitting centres for nearly 30 years, while urging greater government involvment.
©ICRC/Y. Muller/v-p-ao-n-00200-09
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(ZIP 1.1 Mb) Huambo, Bomba Alta. Orthopaedic centre. - "Since 2002, we have mainly concentrated on assisting mine victims and strengthening rehabilitation centres’ capacities. We are delighted to hand over our rehabilitation programme fully to the authorities", says Maryse Limoner, head of ICRC delegation in Angola. "Guaranteeing patients access to the centres and providing them the means to get there will be a major challenge".
©ICRC/S. Sutton/v-p-ao-n-00364-12a
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(ZIP 2.8 Mb) Huambo, Diana Princess of Wales talking to patients at the Bomba Alta orthopaedic rehabilitation centre. – In 1997 Princess Diana came to Angola to visit land-mine victims, support the ICRC's physical rehabilitation programme and promote the Ottawa Convention to ban land mines.
©ICRC/L. Luzemo/v-p-ao-n-00351-19
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(ZIP 2.1 Mb) Mine-awareness campaign. – With ICRC financial and technical support, the Angolan Red Cross carries out mine-risk reduction activities, including broadcasting mine-risk education messages via radio and helping communities to mark dangerous areas.
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(ZIP 3.2 Mb) Huambo, Bomba Alta. ICRC orthopaedic rehabilitation centre.
Rehabilitation through play. – The country will endure the presence of land mines and other humanitarian consequences of war for years. In 2006, 134 mine accidents were reported – and 21 in early 2007.
©ICRC/L. De Toledo/v-p-ao-d-00037-04
Huambo, Bomba Alta. Physical rehabilitation centre. Learning to walk again. – After nearly three decades of support to land-mine victims, the ICRC is handing over its physical rehabilitation programme involving three physical rehabilitation centres to the Ministry of Health.
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(ZIP 2.1 Mb) The outskirts of Kuito : 13-year-old Candre Antonio set off a mine planted by his father near his home. – The ICRC continued supporting Angolan Red Cross mine-risk education programmes and helped the authorities organize a workshop on the national mine-action strategic plan, attended by mine-risk education organizations.
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(ZIP 2.1 Mb) Huambo, an ICRC-supported physical rehabilitation centre. - Thousands of Angolans benefited from nearly 30 years of ICRC cooperation with the health ministry. Through ICRC material support, three centres produced some 32,000 prosthesis, 700 orthoses, and 38,500 crutches, and distributed 920 wheelchairs.
©ICRC/O. Moeckli/v-p-ao-e-00237
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(ZIP 1.4 Mb) Bié province, Kuito. Limb-fitting centre run jointly by the ICRC and Angola’s Health Ministry. – In Angola since 1975, the ICRC has a delegation in Luanda, a sub-delegation in Huambo, and a staff of 81, including 8 expatriates. With the Angolan Red Cross, it will continue educating the public about the mine risk.
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