Arms For Arms

At the peak of the Nicaraguan demobilization in April, UN soldiers disarmed the contras and destroyed their weapons. The UN decided that the scrapped arms could be utilized to serve the process of peace and reconstruction. Ten tons of metal were donated to the World Rehabilitation Clinic in Honduras, to be turned into artificial limbs for the region's war disabled. The donation has enabled the Rehabilitation Fund to cut manufacturing costs for otherwise very expensive prosthesis. It has also reduced production time since parts of the guns can be taken out and used immediately.