In 2017, thanks to the support from people like you, we directly helped more than one million women, girls, boys and men. Thank you for everything you have done and I hope you will continue to share our vision of a world free of landmines by 2025.
Chief ExecutiveJane Cocking
Puppets give life-saving lessons
In southern Lebanon, MAG Community Liaison teams know that the best way to learn anything is to make it fun. And for this sea of smiling faces, puppets are delivering life-saving lessons, making sure they know the dangers from landmines and cluster bombs around their neighbourhoods, schools and farms.
With Syrian refugees now forming over a quarter of the population of Lebanon, this knowledge is vital. They need to know how to stay safe in their new unfamiliar surroundings but also understand the risk for when they return home. These puppets help make sure that every child leaves with the knowledge that can keep them safe for the rest of their life.
You are amazing!
Thank you to all of our supporters for your incredible generosity throughout 2017. You are saving lives and building safer futures.
An incredible 1,960,000 people tuned into our BBC Radio 4 Appeal across 3 broadcasts
We received a staggering £97,000 in response!
£48,000 was raised at an event in just one night!
21 of you signed up to cycle over 400km across Laos with a collective sponsorship target of £105,000!
2,457 generous gifts to our Walk Without Fear Appeal!
2 Superheroes cycled from London to Amsterdam in September, a distance of 257 miles!
1 Prince called for a Landmine Free 2025!
The lasting difference your support makes
Giles’ Story
My name is Giles Duley and I’m a documentary photographer. One of the stories I’m most passionate about telling is the effect of landmines on communities, particularly as a survivor of an IED blast myself.
Listen to Giles’ story
Imagine thinking that just leaving your house could bring death. Imagine thinking something as simple as collecting water from the local river could leave you with a permanent injury. Or, that when your kids leave for school in the morning they may not come home.
2007 | Meeting Evaristo and Fernando who work tirelessly for MAG to rebuild their communities after conflict
The first time I ever visited a minefield, I was in Chifoio in Angola.
I remember watching as MAG was locating mines just metres away from where children had been playing, next to mud huts where families lived. I thought how could anybody live under that kind of constant fear.
It’s a story that stayed with me and I often wondered what happened to the village and the people that lived there.
2007 | Clearing landmines in Chifoio, Angola
This year, I returned to Chifoio village and I was amazed.
The first thing I noticed was the kids running freely in a way they could not have done 10 years before.
2017 | Children playing in Chifoio, Angola
I spoke to a lot of the community and I asked them what had changed. They simply looked at me and said: “We live without fear”.
10 years later. Happy to be back with Evaristo and Fernando.
Thanks to everyone who supported MAG in 2017. This is what you make possible. You are making a long-term, tangible, vital difference.
Thank you.
Giles
How we spent your money in 2017
Overseas programmes: £42.361m
Support and running costs: £4.483m
Fundraising: £263k
Governance: £158k
Total expenditure: £47,265,000
(Overseas programmes includes £628,000 unrestricted sources and MAG investment)
Thank you