STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 24, 2018 • 4 min read

Demining Laos ‘What my team do can save many people’s lives’
By
Janelle Retka
• Sep 24, 2018
For almost four years, Phouviengsavanh “Toui” Keosouphan, 39, has worked to clear Laos’ plague of unexploded ordnance (UXO). Laos has the distinction of being the most heavily bombed nation on the planet per capita, with 29,000 people killed and 21,000 injured by deadly leftover devices from the Vietnam War era. He works with Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), a humanitarian relief organisation that’s been active in Laos since 1997