May 29, 2006
Every Year 25000 People Are Maimed or Killed by Landmines...
May 28, 2006
Six Tourists and Guide Killed by Landmine in Sri Lanka
Top Businessman and award winning writer among the dead....
May 26, 2006
Our Friends at Polus and the US Department of State Brew Up a Great Idea
I am thrilled today to read that our friends at The Polus Center, in partnership with the US Department of State have made good on their plans to develop the Coffeelands Landmine Survivors' Trust. From their website: "The Coffeelands...
May 26, 2006
Afghanistan: Massive Demining Follows Years of Warfare
"Landmine Monitor's 2005 Afghanistan report --the 2006 report is scheduled to be released on Sep 13 --has stated that in the previous year, over 33 sq km of mined areas and nearly 70 sq. km of battle areas were...
May 24, 2006
Harvard Film Series | AT HOME AND ABROAD: THE VIETNAM WAR ON FILM
THE HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE PRESENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD: THE VIETNAM WAR ON FILM JUNE 2 – JUNE 24, 2006 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-4700 www.harvardfilmarchive.org Admission is $8 General Public, $6 Students and Senior Citizens The...
May 20, 2006
A Song From Vietnam: Video on YouTube
A couple years ago a gourp of friends and I were travelling to a meeting in Vietnam after a long day of visiting with Clear Path beneficiaries. One of the women in the van started singing a beautiful song I...
May 16, 2006
Ten Years Later, The U.S. Is No Closer to Mine Ban
Source: US Campaign to Ban Landmines May 16, 2006 On May 16, 1996, President Clinton committed the United States to "aggressively pursue an international agreement to ban the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines." Many people concerned with...
May 07, 2006
Mines Take the Lives of Indigenous Father and Daughter in Colombia
I ran across this today... it gives context to the importance of my previous post on the US Gov. work in Colombia . Source: http://www.sharedresponsibility.gov.co/index.php?idcategoria=532 Mines Take the Lives of Indigenous Father and Daughter in Colombia Two Colombian Kogi indians,...
May 06, 2006
Burmese Army Uses Landmines to Prevent Karen Civilians from Fleeing Conflict
The article below from the Human Rights Watch is not news to us... we have seen the impact of landmines being used by the Burmese government which is why we fund work with landmine suvivors in several clinics along...
May 06, 2006
LA Chronicle: Landmines Remain a Threat
by Kamala Sarup Los Angeles Chronicle May 5, 2006 The landmine crisis is one of the most urgent and critical crises facing South Asia today. Landmines continue to jeopardise the security of the people in the region because it...
May 05, 2006
United States Helping To Coordinate Mine-Clearing in Colombia
I just received this release from our friend John Stevens at the US Department of State. United States Helping To Coordinate Mine-Clearing in Colombia By Eric Green Washington File Staff Writer Washington -- Officials from the U.S. government, including the...
