Ta’s statements, opening and closing ceremonies, regional conference in Lao PDR, 20-22 October 2008
By Stephanie Castanie on Friday, October 31 2008, 19:31 - Statements - Permalink
Ta’s statement, opening ceremony, regional conference in Lao PDR, 20 October 2008,
Sabaidee, my name is Ta and I am from Ban Phone Sa On (Phone Sa On village), Nakai district, Khammuan province. I went to look for food in the forest near my village, I found an object laying on the ground, I did not know what it was, I wanted to check it out to know what it was, I decided to use a 3 meter long stick to touch it, with one touch it caused an exploration, I got injured, I was conscious , so I told my sons to go back to the village and ask for help. My parents and my wife came to help me, they carried me onto a boat and took me to half way and then they changed to a small farming tractor (Tok Tok) to Nakai district hospital, arriving there they could not do much to save me, they transferred me to the provincial hospital, my family had to rent a pick up to take me there, arriving there I had to wait for few days for an operation of my arms, because doctors were on the public holidays for Lao New Year, when they resumed they imputed my arms, I stayed at the provincial hospital for a month and half I had to go back home because I ran out of money to continue my medical treatment until I got fully recovered. I stayed another two weeks at Nakai district hospital, I sold all pigs, cows, and buffalos, I borrowed my relative’s money 1,500,000.00Kip and plus the saving for my family of 500,000.00Kip. and we ran out of money again and we had to go home, I lost my right eye at the accident spot and my left eye blind after that. Then in 2006 when I and my family moved to live in Ban Phone Sa On as where I am now, we earned some money and also borrowed some from our relatives, I went to Savannakhet provincial hospital for treatment in my left eye, I stayed there for 7 days and I spent like 2,000,000.00Kip at that time. At the same time there was a clearance organization came into my village and took me to get my artificial arms, my two older children had to drop out from school. I wish to get more help from you. Thank you.
Ta’s statement, closing ceremony, regional conference in Lao PDR, 22 October 2008,
Sabadee, My name is Ta. I am very happy to be at this conference where we are talking about stopping the use of "bomblets", clearing them away and destroying them. I hope we will get rid of all 'bomblets' in order to prevent future incidents. I am happy to know that my government will join the Convention. Thank you very much.
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