Canadian Landmine Foundation (CLMF) Adopt-A-Minefield
The global landmine crisis is one of the most pervasive problems facing the world today. It is estimated that there are between 45 and 50 million landmines in the ground in at least 70 countries. Landmines reportedly maim or kill 10,000 civilians every year. Those victims that survive endure a lifetime of physical, psychological, and economic hardship.
You can help by supporting The Canadian Landmine Foundation (CLMF) and The Adopt-A-minefield campaign.
You can help by supporting The Canadian Landmine Foundation (CLMF) and The Adopt-A-minefield campaign.
The Ottawa Treaty or the Mine Ban Treaty.
Responding to a challenge issued by Canada, on December 3rd 1997 122 countries stated their intention to implement the Treaty. The Ottawa Treaty required forty ratifications to come into effect and become international law. The treaty entered into force and became binding among the forty ratifying states on 1 March 1999. After that date, each additional country becomes bound six months after its instrument is deposited. At that point the country is considered to be a party to the treaty.
As of April 2009, 156 countries have signed and ratified the Treaty. Poland and the Marshall Islands have signed but not ratified.thirty-seven states, including the People's Republic of China, India, Pakistan,Russia and the United States, have not signed.
"Last night I had the strangest dream, I've ever dreamed before, I dreamed the world had all agreed, to put an end to war..."Serena Ryder
(Last night I Had The Strangest Dream)
Where landmines live...
- Maps
- Maps of the landmine problem and countries that manufacture them.
Canadian Landmine Foundation
Walk in Princess Diana's Shoes!
Princess Diana and the Landmines Campaign
Perhaps her most widely publicized charity appearance was her visit to Angola in January 1997, when, serving as an International Red Cross VIP volunteer, she visited landmine survivors in hospitals, toured de-mining projects, and attended mine awareness education classes about the dangers of mines immediately surrounding homes and villages.The pictures of Diana touring a minefield, in a ballistic helmet and flak jacket, were seen worldwide. In August that year, she visited Bosnia with the Landmine Survivors Network. Her interest in landmines was focused on the injuries they create, often to children, long after the conflict has finished.
A safe, fun and active way to participate in this campaign for communities, schools, etc. is to arrange to host a "Walk About".
Once you have organized the walk at your school, participants gather pledges from friends and family and test their mettle on a walk around the school grounds. The more laps you do the more money you raise for the cause.
Once you register you will receive a complimentary WALK KIT. The WALK KIT comprises of helpful tips to organize the walk, landmine info, a DVD, a pledge form and much more!
If you would like to host a walk please click here to register.
Night of a Thousand Dinners (N1KD)
Night of a Thousand Dinners (N1KD)is the world's most significant fundraiser for mine action.
o Participation in over 40 countries
o Participation of Canadian and US diplomatic service through N1KD promotion to all Canadian and U.S. Embassies and Missions
o Participation in 90% of Rotary Districts across Canada
o high-profile events in Ottawa (Rideau Hall reception hosted by the Governor General), Washington (State Department dinner hosted by Colin Powell), London (reception at Canada House attended by Sir Paul McCartney), Zagreb (organised by the Canadian and U.S. Embassies).
For more information on Night Of A Thousand Dinners please click here!
Canine Demine
Mine detection dogs (MDD) can speed up the work of manual demining by about 10 times. If a manual deminer can clear 100 sq. metres per day, the addition of a MDD can increase the rate to 1,000 square metres per day.These incredible canine demining partners are remarkably adept at identifying the location of mines, without coming into direct contact with them. They smell the explosive charge.
Canine Demine has now sponsored the training and work of 9 dogs: Alex, Fanny, Nightingale, Pax, Layla, Remi, Louis, Trooper and Victor. Our canine partners and their handlers are all currently working in Bosnia-Herzegovina and some are being considered for work in northern Afghanistan. There has never been a Canadian-trained dog killed or injured in the field.
Click here to learn more about the dogs.
Landmine resources
Concerts for a Landmine Free World / Live Recording
Concerts for a Landmine Free World / Live recording
Amazon Price: (as of 11/16/2009) 
Landmines And Human Security: International Politics And War's Hidden Legacy (Suny Series in Global Politics)
An impressive array of activists, scholars, government officials, journalists, and landmine victims themselves are gathered here to tell the dramatic and inspiring story of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Organized in the early 1990s, the ICBL is a network of more than one thousand nongovernmental organizations worldwide, working for a global ban on landmines. It was an important force behind the treaty to ban antipersonnel landmines that was signed in Ottawa in 1997, and which led to its being awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, along with its coordinator.
Amazon Price: $26.95 (as of 11/16/2009)
Still Killing: Landmines in Southern Africa (Human Rights Watch Arms Project)
Amazon Price: (as of 11/16/2009)
After the Guns Fall Silent: The Enduring Legacy of Landmines
Amazon Price: $23.56 (as of 11/16/2009)
To Walk without Fear: The Global Movement to Ban Landmines
Amazon Price: $45.00 (as of 11/16/2009)
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- KimGiancaterino KimGiancaterino Aug 4, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
- Wonderful cause. Welcome to the Help Africa Group. I'm also featuring this on my Squid Angel Diary.
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- SusanVillasLewis SusanVillasLewis Apr 15, 2008 @ 9:28 am
- Nice job! It's fascinating to me how the attention for land mines has waned over the past years now that Princess Di is not here to champion the cause. It's like people just forgot all about the issue. Maybe we need to send Miley Cyrus out there.
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