Landmines in Cambodia

Right now, in Cambodia, there are two, perhaps three children, probably the sons of poor peasants, who will see in a few days how their lives change radically; next week, they will have suffered serious injuries, and surely the amputation of at least one of their limbs as a result of the explosion of a land mine. If they survive, some of these children will be admitted in the Arrupe Centre, founded and managed by Kike Figaredo, a Jesuit from Asturias who has spent the past 22 years helping...
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Right now, in Cambodia, there are two, perhaps three children, probably the sons of poor peasants, who will see in a few days how their lives change radically; next week, they will have suffered serious injuries, and surely the amputation of at least one of their limbs as a result of the explosion of a land mine. If they survive, some of these children will be admitted in the Arrupe Centre, founded and managed by Kike Figaredo, a Jesuit from Asturias who has spent the past 22 years helping Cambodia's underprivileged. Much of his human, logistic, affective and educational help is focused on accepting and reintegrating children that suffer the trauma of seeing how their lives are changed forever because of setting their foot in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Hoy hay en Camboya dos niños, quizá tres, probablemente hijos de campesinos pobres, para quienes en una semana la vida cambiará de forma radical, porque habrán sufrido heridas graves y acaso la amputación de alguno o varios de sus miembros a consecuencia de la explosión de una mina antipersona. Si sobreviven, algunos de esos niños serán acogidos en el Centro Arrupe, fundado y dirigido por el jesuita asturiano Kike Figaredo, que lleva 22 años ayudando a los más desfavorecidos en Camboya. Una parte importante de su ayuda humana, logística, afectiva y educacional se dirige a acoger y reintegrar en la sociedad a niños que pasan por el trauma de ver cómo sus vidas cambian para siempre por culpa de un paso, de una pisada en el lugar equivocado.
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