Clear Path International Beneficiaries in Vietnam Become Deminers Thanks to Mines Advisory Group

As part of its partnership with Clear Path International, Mines Advisory Group in Vietnam has started to recruit CPI-supported landmine accident survivors or their family members to train them as clearance technicians.

Afghanistan: Better Access to Schools for Disabled Girls and Boys

It’s one thing to be disabled and face the kind of discrimination typical for anyone with a disability here. It’s another to be disabled girl and go to school in one of the most conservative Islamic countries in the world.

The last thing you need is to face physical barriers as well, particularly in a wheelchair.

Clear Path International's Afghanistan Partner Reaches Out And Speaks Up For Survivors

We had reached one of Kabul’s many neighborhoods. Kristen, Peter and Zabi had taken me here to see another one of Clear Path’s implementing partners in Afghanistan, the Afghan Landmine Survivors Organization. Life seemed more normal here than in the fortified and rarified sections of the downtown area with its foreign embassies, company headquarters and NGO offices.

Afghanistan: Better Tools, Better Lives

A steel landmine probe. A deminer’s trowel. A flail hammer. Mine field marking tape. Newly polished safety visors. These tools may not sound familiar to you, but mine clearance professionals use them every day.

The Eyes of Zab Mohammed: Fear & Hope On My First Trip to Afghanistan

I can’t explain it. I’ve met hundreds of landmine and bomb accident survivors in the past nine years. I’ve visited them at home after years of painful recovery. I’ve seen them shortly after their accident their families in tears. I’ve seen the faces of boys scarred by shrapnel and girls who couldn’t walk because of burn injuries. I’ve seen survivors who could no longer see or touch because they lost their sight and their hands.

It moves me every single time but I usually remain composed.