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Every 27 minutes somebody, somewhere, is killed or
maimed by a landmine; as many as a third of victims are children.
Millions more people live hundreds of miles away from
minefield in urban slums because their villages and land are mine
affected.
Economic and social development depends upon people
having safe access to their land. Without mine action other development is
severely impaired.
Adopt-A-Minefield Achievements
Since being established in 1999 the Adopt-A-Minefield
global campaign has raised over £8 million. This has money has cleared
over 20.8 million square metres of land benefited over 400,000 people cleared
291 minefields, helping nearly 300 communities in 9 of most mine-impacted
countries in the world funded 63 survivor assistance projects.
The campaign has also indirectly benefited millions
more people by clearing routes to allow the return of refugees and internally
displaced people clearing access for humanitarian workers carrying food and
water clearing major infrastructure such as electrical grids or irrigation
systems to provide energy or water to entire regions clearance of
agricultural land or factories to provide jobs to a larger population getting a
survivor back to work benefits an entire extended family by providing a regular
source of income and enabling parents to enroll their children in school
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Update
07/09/06
Officials have announced
the death of a British soldier in Afghanistan in a landmine explosion in an
unmarked minefield in the Helmand province which also injured six other
soldiers, five seriously. This tragedy is one of many caused by landmines which
kill or injure both troops and innocent civilians in the
Afghanistan.
It is estimated that in
Afghanistan there are 100 new civilian mine/UXO casualties each month. However,
many mine casualties are believed to die before reaching medical assistance and
are therefore not recorded. As well as the death and long term injury caused by
landmines their presence prevents access by NGOs to provide emergency aid to
those who most need it. |
Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign
Adopt-A-Minefield raises awareness and funds to clear
landmines and help survivors of landmine accidents. 100% of all donations to
Adopt-A-Minefield UK are applied to Mine Action. We offer an opportunity for
everyone to make a difference. It costs about £1 pound to clear a square
metre, as little as £50 to help a child walk again.
Funds raised through Adopt-A-Minefield are disbursed
through the United Nations to the local and international organisations doing
the work on the ground in Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Laos, Mozambique and Vietnam.
Adopt-A-Minefield UK is a programme of The No More
Landmines Trust (Charity No. 1110770) and works together with its partner
Adopt-A-Minefield campaigns in the US, Canada, and Sweden. Heather Mills
McCartney and Paul McCartney are the founding patrons of Adopt-A-Minefield
UK.
The AAM website is <here>
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