| On 13 December, the participants took a short flight to Mekelle, capital of the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, and then traveled four hours by bus to the border. At the village of Addis Tesfa, they were greeted by local schoolchildren, including mine survivors, who performed dance, music, and drama using mine risk education messages taught by RaDO. Further north, the participants drove through the border town of Zala Anbesa, which was destroyed during the 1999-2000 conflict with Eritrea, and visited a mine clearance project conducted by EMAO in the nearby village of Marta. At the mine clearance site, some researchers donned mine clearance safety gear and walked closer to the demining activities. |
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