“One day in 2003 I took my two boys down to the river to go fishing. I found a cluster bomb in the water and picked it up because I wanted to use it as an explosive, to blow up in the river so that we could catch more fish. But it went off in my hands and blew off my arms.

Now we are getting poorer because I lost both my arms and I can’t work to support my family.
I’m lucky at least, because they sorted me out with one artificial arm. My right arm was blown right off by the explosion and they had to amputate my left arm twice, because it was infected after the first amputation, so they had to cut it off higher up.

The bomb also blew up right in my face and eyes. I couldn’t see anything. My sight was blurry until I went to hospital again in 2005, when my relatives had saved up enough money again to pay for the operation.

My wife and the family earn all the money to support us now. One of my sons had to leave school so that he could help my wife. He’s only 15. I help as I can. I look after the vegetables and sweep the house. I help my wife in the fields a bit but I am not much use.”

“2003年的某一天，我帶著兩個兒子到河邊釣魚。我在水中發現ㄧ個集束炸彈(cluster bomb)，我把它撿起來想在河中爆破，用來捕更多的魚。但是集束炸彈從我手中滑落，炸掉了我雙臂。”
“我們家現在更加貧窮了，因為我失去了雙臂，所以無法工作。”
“我的太太及家人現在需要賺錢來養家。我的一個兒子需要輟學來幫助我的太太，他只有15歲…”

迪塔 (Dtar), 寮國

Love and Hope are the Power for us to Promote Human Rights...
愛與希望，是我們推動人權的主要動力…

Please Ban the Cluster Bombs and Landmines with us!!
請和我們一起禁止集束炸彈和地雷這些不人道的武器！！

Eden Social Welfare Foundation
伊甸社會福利基金會