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2004 Gold Medal for Humanitarian Activities in Mine Action  

First Vice President, Okhna Ouk Damry
receiving the award on behalf of CRC.
On 18th February 2004, the Cambodian Red Cross had the opportunity to attended National Conference on Mine Action Achievements at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh.

Presided over by Samdach Hunsen, Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Cambodian Red Cross was the first to present their activities at the Conference and received a gold medal from the Government for their humanitarian activities in Mine Action.
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· LMA started in 2000 and has since expanded into 6 high risk provinces.

· Since 2000, the LMA message has reached 11,198 residents in 124 villages of 7 districts (5,578 female, 2,727 children and 2,893 male).

· Buddhist monks are helping in communicating the messages to the residents.

· In the target operation areas, the victim figures have also decreased each month, but land mine injuries and accidents still happen to those that the Red Cross are working hard to disseminate to -new comers and poor families in those areas.
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