The Directorate for Mine Action carried out field awareness campaigns on the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness, covering the governorates of Nineveh, Diyala, Kirkuk, Babylon and Basra.

The Director General of DMA, Eng. Dhafir Mahmood Khalaf, said that the total number of beneficiaries of these campaigns amounted to about (3,232) beneficiaries of different groups and ages, pointing out that the campaigns included distributing the publications, brochures, awareness and guidance supplies, and stressing the need to inform the concerned authorities via free phone numbers (182) Asia Cell and Zain Iraq for DMA and (115) of the Civil Defense Directorate

 It is noteworthy that DMA is usually conducting field awareness campaigns targeting all communities affected by the dangers of mines and other unexploded objects.