Bomb Harvest

08:35PM
BOMB HARVEST
Thursday, 29 November 2007

There are bombs scattered all over the landscape in Laos, left from the US's ‘Secret War’ over 35 years ago, which was conducted during the war in neighbouring Vietnam without the knowledge of most of the outside world.

Farming in Laos has been hampered by the presence of unexploded bombs - people blow themselves up whilst trying to cultivate the land - and bomb scrap has become the new cash crop. Local kids are quick to learn there is money to be made in bomb scrap metal, and as result the death rate of those killed by bombs - almost half of whom are children - is on the rise. This is a terrifying reality of the new generation.