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Mag teams cleared 13 minefields around the village of Pirijan, northern Iraq, in 2014 and so far eight families have returned. Before clearance, two people lost a leg and three people lost their hands in explosions. Head man Shakr Ahmad said demining work had ‘given us our soul and given us life again’. When Shakr returned to the village in 2003 he kept losing his sheep to landmines. But demining has changed the fortunes of the village dramatically. “Now I have 550 sheep and grow wheat and vegetables. Before we could barely survive. All the families here are in a good situation now and we have nothing to fear”. (Photo by Sean Sutton for the Mines Advisory Group/The Guardian)
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