Mine Sweeper

From: Homelands Productions
Series: WORKING
Length: 08:38

Sandy Tolan profiles a man from Kosovo who spends his days clearing landmines from the Kosovo-Albanian border. Read the full description.

Piece Audio

Playing: Mine Sweeper
From: Homelands Productions

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Long after the fighting ended in Kosovo in 1999, the people of the region are still struggling to free themselves from the legacy of war. Thousands of landmines and unexploded bombs remain in farmers' fields, in forests, along roadsides. Valdet Dule is a Kosovar (and father of two young children) whose job is to find and detonate those explosives. Until the land is safe, he says, his people won't be able to realize their dream of independence. Sandy Tolan's profile is part of the WORKING series from Homelands Productions.

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Piece Description

Long after the fighting ended in Kosovo in 1999, the people of the region are still struggling to free themselves from the legacy of war. Thousands of landmines and unexploded bombs remain in farmers' fields, in forests, along roadsides. Valdet Dule is a Kosovar (and father of two young children) whose job is to find and detonate those explosives. Until the land is safe, he says, his people won't be able to realize their dream of independence. Sandy Tolan's profile is part of the WORKING series from Homelands Productions.

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Long after the fighting ended in Kosovo in 1999, the people of the region are still struggling to free themselves from the legacy of war. Thousands of landmines and unexploded bombs remain in farmers' fields, in forests, along roadsides. Valdet Dule [VAL-det DOO-lay] is a Kosovar whose job is to find and detonate those explosives. Until the land is safe, he says, his people won't be able to realize their dream of independence. Sandy Tolan's profile is part of the WORKING series from Homelands Productions.

OUTRO:

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