MINE ACTION INITIATIVE

The Global Landmine Problem
(Statistics from Landmine Monitor, 2006)

• Between 30 to 60 million landmines buried worldwide (estimates vary widely)
• At least 78 countries affected by landmines
• Estimated 15,000 to 20,000 victims annually
• 350,000 to 400,000 landmine survivors worldwide
• 81% of landmine victims are civilians (non-combatants)
• 21% of landmine victims are children
• Mines kill and maim between 8,000 to 10,000 children annually
  
  

Objectives of the Mine Action Initiative

The mission of Global Care Unlimited’s Mine Action Initiative is to:

• Promote youth leadership in spearheading educational awareness about the global landmine problem;
  
• Make a tangible difference in the lives of mine-affected communities and landmine survivors worldwide.
  
  
  

Member Benefits

Participants in Global Care’s Mine Action Initiative will receive a teacher guidebook entitled: **Nurturing Compassion and Global Citizenship in Youth: An Educator’s Guide for Developing and Promoting a Successful Mine Action Service Initiative. Written by Mark Hyman and developed based on Mark’s experiences in developing mine action initiatives with middle school students in Tenafly, New Jersey, this guidebook provides comprehensive guidelines for developing the following three aspects of a successful mine action initiative:

• a unit of study on the global landmine problem;
• a youth landmine presentation for the purpose of educating your school and local community about the landmine problem;
• a school-based mine action initiative to support demining and the rehabilitation of landmine survivors.

**Mark’s guidebook has been revised and published as a full-length chapter in the 2006 book entitled: Nurturing the Peacemaker in Our Students: A Guide to Writing and Speaking Out About Issues of War and Peace, edited by Chris Weber.

Additional Landmine Educational Resources

“Healing the Wounds of War: The Global Care Unlimited Youth Coalition for Mine Action”

This 32-minute video uses footage from several of Global Care’s landmine events, as well as from Mark Hyman’s 2002 trip to Nicaragua with the Organization of American States, serves as an excellent youth-friendly introduction to the global landmine crisis.

“Voices of Compassion: the Tenafly Middle School Dramatic Presentation”

This multimedia 9-minute video features presentations of original poetry written and performed by students of the Tenafly Middle School Landmines Awareness Club. The video is a moving proof of the ability of middle school students to grasp the terrible toll of landmines on civilians and to empathize with their plight.

“A Guide to Organizing a Landmine Awareness Day” (Written by Mark Hyman)

This guidebook is replete with practical suggestions and ideas for organizing, promoting and delivering a successful landmine awareness event in your community.

“Landmines: Clearing the Way” (Produced by Huntington Associates)

An invaluable resource for landmines information, this CD-Rom was created by Patricia Huntington based on her travels to mine-affected regions across the globe. Replete with accurate information, fascinating photos and streaming footage.

“Landmines: Eliminating the Threat” (Map created by Newsweek Magazine)

This landmine map is an outstanding visual reference guide for understanding the global scope of the landmine problem. Contains landmine definitions, global landmine facts, information about types of landmines and the history and impact of landmines on specific countries.

Registration

We hope you have been inspired to join our Mine Action Initative. If so, please click on this link to register.

If you have any questions, please e-mail Mark Hyman at mhyman@globalcareunlimited.org.

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