as communication with donors improved and they increased their support to $30 million.
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All too often the most vulnerable members of poor rural communities, including children, are involved in UXO accidents. Families are kept in poverty and are unable to grow sufficient food because they cannot make full productive use of their land. Largescale development projects including the construction of vital infrastructure cannot take place because of the dangers that lurk in the ground. Altogether, more than 55,000 hectares of land have been cleared of UXO since 1996, the NRA reported last year.