Achievements

UXO Lao Achievements from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2016

Mine Risk Education task: Conducted UXO Risk Education activities in 11,992 villages, reaching around 3,186,125 people (including 1,331,764 children).
 

Non-Technical Survey task: Conducted 22,803 survey tasks, collecting information and mapping out UXO in 3,784 villages

 

Roving task: Conducted 29,386 roving tasks, removed or destroyed UXO found on the surface in 3,918 villages

Clearance task: Cleared over 34,686.1550 hectares of land, including 29,308.6360 hectares for agriculture and 5,377.5190 hectares for other development projects (4,753,716 benefitciaries).


Confirmed Hazardous Areas (CHA) clearance task: Cleared 13,561.9930 hectares, including 12,701.9080 hectares for agriculture and 860.0850 hectares for other development purposes.


Total UXO found
(through survey task): 177,080 items (including 2,555 big bombs, 91,023 bombies, 860 mines, and 82,642 other UXO)


Total UXO destroyed
(through roving / clearance task): 1,451,074 items (including 6,471 big bombs, 673,045 bombies, 6,868 mines, and 1,065,571 other UXO)

 

                        Progress Summary Report of UXO Lao from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2016

Mine Risk Education Operation

Provinces

Village Visits Made

Child Beneficiaries

Adult Beneficiaries

Total Beneficiaries

Boy

Girl

Man

Woman

Luangprabang

1,234

177,463

322,273

499,736

23,643

23,339

48,281

47,848

Huaphanh

1,165

118,930

215,197

334,127

26,949

24,394

27,550

26,986

Xiengkhuang

1,862

190,004

221,286

411,290

27,386

30,861

41,027

45,114

Khammuane

1,213

166,207

202,574

368,781

39,911

41,069

43,926

47,379

Savannakhet

1,453

132,324

219,579

351,903

26,871

27,392

30,529

31,057

Salavan

1,242

107,609

198,998

306,607

24,939

21,461

31,664

33,206

Sekong

1,215

87,421

110,440

197,861

22,299

21,001

21,159

18,431

Champasak

1,473

201,734

166,020

367,754

41,370

40,222

26,413

28,020

Attapue

1,135

150,072

197,994

348,066

31,585

30,294

16,471

25,305

Total

11,992

1,331,764

1,854,361

3,186,125

264,953

259,033

287,020

303,346

 

Non-Technical Survey Operation

Provinces

Village Visit Made

Risk Reduction Only

UXO Found

Number of     Village

Number of Visit

Bombs

Bombies

Mines

Other UXO

Total

Luangprabang

362

1,601

80

2,322

95

9,143

11,640

Huaphanh

309

2,178

181

3,782

129

10,985

15,077

Xiengkhuang

490

3,795

131

30,909

50

22,186

53,276

Khammuane

361

1,503

629

17,307

16

7,798

25,750

Savannakhet

667

2,985

438

19,538

179

9,974

31,029

Salavan

578

2,279

484

3,580

56

2,621

6,741

Sekong

278

1,919

288

3,588

60

5,661

9,597

Champasak

526

5,292

147

4,083

249

12,407

16,886

Attapue

213

1,532

177

5,914

26

1,867

7,984

Total

3,784

23,084

2,555

91,023

860

82,642

177,080


Roving Operation

Provinces

Village Visit Made

Risk Reduction Only

UXO Destroyed / Removed

Number of Villages

Number of Visits

Bombs

Bombies

Mines

Other UXO

Total

Luangprabang

337

1,858

301

6,615

411

134,245

141,572

Huaphanh

300

2,558

402

16,257

293

28,369

45,321

Xiengkhuang

537

6,675

343

130,086

158

97,378

227,965

Khammuane

360

1,703

1,221

45,721

130

31,723

78,795

Savannakhet

775

3,975

1,066

60,214

522

81,664

143,466

Salavan

613

4,132

1,038

62,233

718

73,013

137,002

Sekong

227

1,477

448

15,506

401

17,911

34,266

Champasak

517

5,300

676

14,695

665

56,658

72,694

Attapue

253

1,708

368

24,849

166

12,213

37,596

Total

3,918

29,386

5,863

376,176

3,464

533,174

918,677

 

Clearance Operation

Provinces

Land Cleared, Hectares

People  
  who benefit

UXO Destroyed / Removed

Farming

Others

Total

Bombs

Bombies

Mines

Other UXO

Total

Luangprabang

2,550.4112

595.3658

3,145.7770

338,926

18

19,316

224

15,666

35,224

Huaphanh

3,070.7839

298.2651

3,369.0490

543,116

114

28,410

81

19,621

48,226

Xiengkhuang

6,189.2573

1,094.2670

7,284.0243

1,322,921

159

90,363

57

 50,965

141,544

Khammuane

2,128.2583

450.5304

2,578.7887

250,821

137

18,467

43

30,337

48,984

Savannakhet

5,068.0685

365.3962

5,433.4647

312,915

24

39,826

1,761

32,819

74,430

Salavan

3,659.4946

771.1684

4,430.6630

633,821

42

30,963

490

31,205

62,700

Sekong

1,895.6410

479.4609

2,375.1019

195,847

47

24,541

39

18,131

42,758

Champasak

2,754.0969

491.6772

3,245.7741

766,738

32

20,795

611

22,617

44,055

Attapue

1,992.6243

830.8880

2,823.5123

388,971

35

24,188

98

10,155

34,476

Total

29,308.6360

5,377.5190

34,686.1550

4,753,716

608

296,869

3,404

231,516

532,397

 
CHA Survey Operation

Provinces

Land Cleared, Hectares

People who benefit

UXO Destroyed / Removed

Farming

Others

Total

Bombs

Bombies

Mines

Other UXO

Total

Luangprabang

1,076.7702

5.2747

1,082.0449

4,779

0

2,832

0

867

3,699

Huaphanh

1,491.2080

97.1642

1,588.3722

29,215

0

3,222

3

317

3,542

Xiengkhouang

2,052.4811

167.9206

2,220.4017

33,792

0

4,722

2

2,781

7,505

Khammuane

2,382.0214

161.8488

2,543.8702

14,890

39

6,532

0

1,230

7,801

Savannakhet

2,480.4112

54.6733

2,535.0845

26,873

0

5,770

11

2,121

7,882

Salavan

1,157.4596

156.7843

1,314.2439

42,837

1

4,370

6

2,289

6,666

Sekong

644.3038

28.4483

672.7521

4,035

3

1,711

5

130

1,849

Champasak

763.8242

11.5900

775.4142

10,679

0

1,892

0

87

1,979

Attapue

653.4285

176.3808

829.8093

45,357

0

2,783

0

131

2,914

Total

12,701.9080

860.0850

13,561.9930

212,457

43

33,834

27

9,933

43,837

Our Partners

UXO Lao and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

 

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provides program oversight and program assurance, both substantive and financial, through its own UXO Unit as well as through the provision of the Senior Technical Advisor, the Programme Technical Advisor, and a field based EOD Technical Advisor. It raises funds for UXO Lao and manages such funds through cost-sharing agreements. Funds channelled through UNDP follow UNDP’s rules and regulations. In addition, UNDP assists UXO Lao in the following key management functions:

 

1. Quarterly financial monitoring of the project, both in terms of progress of activities and expenditures and of conformity of activities with stated mandate and work plans;

2. Contracting for yearly external financial and management audits of UXO Lao, with full reporting to donors and other stakeholders, thereby confirming full accountability and transparency of UXO Lao accounts and practices;

3. Provision of a coordination mechanism for donors, and between donors and the Government of Lao PDR, in order to ensure that support to  the UXO programme is channelled as and where it is put to best use for the ends of the programme; and

4. Procurement needs of UXO Lao.

UXO Lao and the National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action Sector in Lao PDR (NRA)

 

The Lao Government established the National Regulatory Authority for UXO/Mine Action Sector in Lao PDR (NRA) in 2004 along with the adoption of the National Strategic Plan for the UXO sector. The NRA is responsible for the coordination and regulation of the UXO/mine action sector in the country, including the planning, tasking and monitoring of all UXO/mine action activities in the country. UXO Lao actively takes part in different Technical Working Groups (TWGs) organized by the NRA aimed at coordinating and planning all clearance, community awareness, and victim assistance activities, as well as sharing best practices and experiences.

 

UXO Lao and Implementing Partners

 

Implementing partners channel funds from donors to UXO Lao. They also provide technical advisory support to the programme. 4. Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA)

Support to Development Agencies

UXO LAO: SUPPORT TO DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

Development agencies receive support and priority if they submit requests for clearance to the provincial authorities before the annual work planning takes place.  This takes place around July of every year.

 

The activities of UXO Lao contribute not only to saving lives but also to increasing the social-economic opportunities for some of the poorest districts. Regression analysis in the Lao PDR Poverty Assessment Report in 2003 confirms that both the initial level of UXO contamination as well as the progress in UXO clearance accounts for changes in poverty from 1997/8 to 2002/3. Extending the district-level regressions, per capita consumption tended to increase slower in areas with high UXO contamination, and faster in areas with UXO clearance programs.

 

UXO Lao enables UXO impacted villagers improved and equitable access to land, markets and social and economic services, environmentally sustainable utilization of natural resources. UXO clearance ultimately leads to enhancing the livelihoods of poor, vulnerable, and food insecure populations through sustainable development within the Millennium Development Goals Framework by 2011.

Resources

UXO LAO: Resources

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Work Planning

UXO LAO: WORK PLANNING

The development of the UXO Lao annual work plan begins at the village level. Villagers discuss among themselves and identify priority families (factors include family size, income, capacity to farm the land, amount of land available, among others.) District planning authorities receive the final villages’ requests and evaluate them in accordance with the ability of the district to support such activities as well as if they fall within the district’s development plans and priorities. District authorities submit their final list to provincial planning authorities. The authorities then evaluate the requests according to the provincial development plans and priorities, taking into consideration the capacity of UXO Lao.

 

Development agencies receive support and priority if they submit requests for clearance to the provincial authorities before the annual work planning takes place.

 

With a final list, UXO Lao classifies requests as either a roving, survey, area clearance, or an ETS task. UXO Lao then schedules the tasks according to village, district, and wet or dry season. The National Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication approves all the provincial work plans with the endorsement by UNDP and UXO Lao’s donors.

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