ig Point
マイン・カフォンと
は何ですか。
エクトコ
Look at this picture. Can you imagine what the
device
for clearing landmines. It is made of an iron ball
object is? It is Mine Kafon, a wind-powered
Rolling along the ground, it
and bamboo legs.
5 steps on a landmine and explodes it. Even today,
there are about 110 million landmines in the
world.
Every 22 minutes, one person is injured or killed by
Many of the victims are ordinary
This device is expected to reduce the
landmines.
people.
number of landmines in the world.
Mine Kafon made of?
landmines are there in the world today?
Massoud Hassani, a designer, wanted to solve
landmine problems with the power of design. He
was born in Afghanistan in 1983. At that time, there
were several wars going on there. Massoud and
his family lived in an area surrounded by landmines.
as a child, Massoud made all his toys
Living there
by hand. His favorite toys were paper-made
objects that were rolled by wind power. Because
his toys often landed in areas with landmines, he
could not get them back.
Questions
AMI
PERHE
designe
des
di
A
マスードさ
のころに
ちゃを
Where and when was Massoud borm
2 What did Massoud make by hand