coming to my attention was the miss landmine context, according to Fox, combining Angola's 1/ love for beauty pageants, and 2/ the devastating toll of Landmines in that country.from my previous life as a prosthetist, this is both encouraging, yet saddening. the winner receives a top-notch limb from a scandinavian prosthetics supplier. it does seem a bit tokenistic, but when you look at the stats for the distribution and continued supply, you wonder whether, on a human level, much more can be done.
listed as 'partners' in the contest are the countries who continue to produce landmines*:
- Burma
- Iran
- Russia
- Cuba
- Korea (N/S)
- Singapore
- China
- Nepal
- U.S.A.
- India
- Pakistan
- Vietnam
* Landmine Monitor 2006 www.icbl.org/lm
how i long for the day when the promise made to Isaiah is fulfilled (25:8):
He will swallow up death forever;
and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
