A song to warm your hearts

Okay, it's not a Christmas song, but they have an important message about not collecting UXO as scrap metal because you may be injured, or worse. Plus there are puppets.




I was in Xieng Khuang with a visitor from the US to look at some of the UXO programs the USG funds, including the national school mine risk education program, which is similar to what I visited in Savannakhet in November.

The puppet show was about a couple who collected scrap metal to sell to a slick dealer who rode a motorbike, but were injured when some UXO exploded. In the end, they decided it wasn't worth it, and the slick scrap metal dealer decided he would give up all his ill-gotten profits to educating the people about the dangers of UXO.

A heartwarming tale. Then the song.