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Ending The Tragedy Of Landmines Through Innovation And Cooperation, Cisr Jmu
Ending The Tragedy Of Landmines Through Innovation And Cooperation, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Rotary International, the U.S. State Department and James Madison University’s Mine Action Information Center (MAIC) gathered with many of the world’s leading mine action authorities to quantify the global landmine crisis. It was everyone’s hope that the conference would yield a greater level of synergy, as well as harness the considerable resources of the Rotarians. Given the overwhelming response and participation, it appears that those wishes will be granted.
Seven Common Myths About Landmine Victim Assistance, Dennis Barlow
Seven Common Myths About Landmine Victim Assistance, Dennis Barlow
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Any good mine action campaign will consider victim assistance. Yet there persist certain myths, which if not dealt with, make planning and conducting a victim assistance activity difficult at best. Anyone who wants to understand landmine victim assistance and further its cause should take heed of the following “myths” and plan accordingly.
Vvaf And Sports For Life: Promoting Rehabilitation, Reintegration And Rights, Sarah Warren
Vvaf And Sports For Life: Promoting Rehabilitation, Reintegration And Rights, Sarah Warren
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation’s (VVAF) Sports for Life program gives people with disabilities a chance to come together around sports, providing important opportunities for social reintegration.
Breaking New Ground: Assisting Farmers With Disabilities Through The Application Of Assistive Technology, William Field
Breaking New Ground: Assisting Farmers With Disabilities Through The Application Of Assistive Technology, William Field
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
With regards to agriculture in much of eastern Europe and northern Africa, the significant problem that landmine detonations present to farmers often goes unnoticed. This problem causes careers in agriculture to be labeled as the most hazardous occupations around the world. However, little attention has been given to rehabilitation practices and assistive technology to help those who have been disabled in this line of work. The Breaking New Ground Resource Center at Purdue University is attempting to resolve the problem at hand by providing technical assistance to those who have been impacted by physical disabilities, in hopes that others may …
Interview With Lloyd Feinberg From The Leahy War Victims Fund, Cisr Jmu
Interview With Lloyd Feinberg From The Leahy War Victims Fund, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Leahy War Victims Fund is one of the world’s leading contributors to the treating and rehabilitating survivors of armed conflict. The Fund has supported the successful passage of disability-related legislation in Vietnam and is working for similar results elsewhere. In Africa, The Leahy War Victims Fund is spearheading the ambitious Omega Initiative, which aims to bring various types of aid to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Lloyd Feinberg represents the Fund on many fronts; he is widely respected and recognized as both an authority and a humanitarian.
Building Sustainable Local Capacities For The Assistance Of Landmine Victims In Southern Africa: A Concept From The Minefields Of The Zambezi Basin Escarpment, Martin Chitsama
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
After various intense conflicts in the region, southern Africa is plagued by landmines and UXO. The author describes the concept and implementation of Minefield Reaction Sticks to help alleviate the problem.
Victim Assistance Policy Planning: Decentralization As A Key?, Philippe Chabasse
Victim Assistance Policy Planning: Decentralization As A Key?, Philippe Chabasse
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
While victim assistance is becoming an increasingly familiar topic for signatories of the Mine Ban Treaty, the problem remains of how best to implement such programs. The author suggests that it is time for a switch from “top down” to “bottom up” implementation.
Psychological And Physical Trauma: Treating The Whole Person, Patricia Blakeney, Daniel Creson
Psychological And Physical Trauma: Treating The Whole Person, Patricia Blakeney, Daniel Creson
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Survivors of physically disfiguring trauma, regardless of the cause, have experienced a series of assaults on the mind as well as on the body that present extraordinary challenges to human resilience. For the past 17 years, one of the authors (Dr. Blakeney) has worked closely with children and adults who have been severely burned. For burned individuals, the trauma of injury inevitably results in disfigurement, sometimes scars that can be easily hidden but more often scars that are noticeable. In fact, 20 years ago, it was generally accepted in the United States that persons with massive burns could not survive; …
Somali Demining Action Group, Omar Mohamed
Somali Demining Action Group, Omar Mohamed
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Somali Demining Action Group (SDAG) aims to eradicate anti-personnel landmines in Central and south Somalia. Statistics are provided for mine casualties in central and south Somalia.
The Continuum: From Immobility To Mobility To Empowerment, David Holdridge, Jo Nagels, Caitlin Wyndham
The Continuum: From Immobility To Mobility To Empowerment, David Holdridge, Jo Nagels, Caitlin Wyndham
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Victim assistance goes far beyond the physical; there is also a need to rehabilitate victims psychologically and give them the confidence and support they need to re-enter society as productive members of the community. This is not an overnight process, and the author describes the series of events that need to take place in order to make this difficult transition.
Paths To Recovery: Coordinated And Comprehensive Care For Landmine Survivors, Beth Sperber Richie, Angela Ferguson, Zahabia Adamaly, Dalia El-Khoury, Maria Gomez
Paths To Recovery: Coordinated And Comprehensive Care For Landmine Survivors, Beth Sperber Richie, Angela Ferguson, Zahabia Adamaly, Dalia El-Khoury, Maria Gomez
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
By conducting interviews with survivors of landmine incidents, Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) has been able to learn a lot about rehabilitative needs from the perspective of the patients. This article describes how physical health, psychological well-being and socio-economic reintegration are all important components of a complete recovery for landmine victims.
A Revolutionary Approach To Mine Awareness: The Demining Support System, Cisr Jmu
A Revolutionary Approach To Mine Awareness: The Demining Support System, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This versatile tool is designed to provide support to a mine action program on a range of topics. Its high-tech components are designed to provide an easily accessible, customizable, professional and portable element to any mine awareness campaign.
Mine Risk Education And Mine Awareness In Afghanistan, Cisr Jmu
Mine Risk Education And Mine Awareness In Afghanistan, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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Landmines: The World Takes Action, Sarah Campbell
Landmines: The World Takes Action, Sarah Campbell
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Educational and comprehensive, this CD provides thorough mine action information.
War Child Television Series Joins Mine Awareness Campaign, Cisr Jmu
War Child Television Series Joins Mine Awareness Campaign, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
“The Garden,” one film in a new series entitled War Child, raises mine awareness and presents ways individuals may become involved with the issue.
A Firsthand Experience With Mine Action: On The Ground With The Organization Of American States In Nicaragua, Mark Hyman
A Firsthand Experience With Mine Action: On The Ground With The Organization Of American States In Nicaragua, Mark Hyman
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Founder and chairperson of Global Care Unlimited, Inc., Mark Hyman has been actively working with the global landmine issue for the past three years. This past June, he visited Nicaragua to witness the effects of landmines firsthand and to find out how his middle-schoolers could help. This piece describes what he found there.
One Leg Dancing (Um Pé Que Dança) Angola Embraces The Future, Joe Lokey, Ken O'Connell
One Leg Dancing (Um Pé Que Dança) Angola Embraces The Future, Joe Lokey, Ken O'Connell
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
During a period of peace, demining efforts in Angola continue to require top priority in order to reopen the country to desperately needed aid programs. Unfortunately, funding by countries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in recent years has been low due to a sense of confusion and an unsuccessful history of previously under-funded projects.
What Use Is A Database Of Demining Accidents?, Andy Smith
What Use Is A Database Of Demining Accidents?, Andy Smith
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The author has maintained a database of demining accidents for four years. It contains records of many of the explosive accidents that deminers suffer while going about their work. This article explains the uses and limitations of the database and the software developed to contain it.
Chad, Country Profile
Chad, Country Profile
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
After centuries of domination by several autonomous and constantly warring kingdoms, the land that would eventually make up the nation of Chad was subjugated by France in the 1890s. The French colonized Chad only half-heartedly, using it primarily as a source of raw materials and unskilled labor, never bothering to institute any unifying or modernizing policies. Chad gained its independence from France in 1960 but immediately became ensnared in a morass of ethnic warfare. Like so many other post-independence African nations, internal strife—sporadically punctuated by outside incursions—delayed all national development programs for decades. In Chad, a 1975 military coup and …
Locating Landmines And Uxo: A Methodological Lesson From The Ethiopian Landmine Impact Survey, Michael Fleisher
Locating Landmines And Uxo: A Methodological Lesson From The Ethiopian Landmine Impact Survey, Michael Fleisher
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
One of the most important parts about implementing effective Landmine Impact Surveys is first identifying which communities have a landmine/UXO problem. The author describes how Expert Opinion Collection (EOC) is used in Ethiopia to overcome the obstacles survey teams face when gathering their information.
Data Integrity And Reliability Conference, Cisr Jmu
Data Integrity And Reliability Conference, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
During a four-day Data Integrity and Reliability Conference, participants discussed data entry problems and presented suggestions for improvement.
The Landmine Menace: The Great Humanitarian Challenge, Thomas Himmler
The Landmine Menace: The Great Humanitarian Challenge, Thomas Himmler
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
On the basis of the conflict scenarios and the resultant threat, it is necessary to develop methods and means to eliminate the threat. Simply using available tools is not always easy. What is necessary is to optimally combine existing detection and clearance methods and, if necessary, to develop new, promising technologies in a targeted manner.
Technology's Promises, Cisr Jmu
Technology's Promises, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Every technology under development makes big promises. Here are five projects that may someday impact the world of mine action.
Pookie Rides Again, Willie Lawrence
Pookie Rides Again, Willie Lawrence
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Following the buzz caused by sniffer wasps and the scurry from mine-seeking rats, now it seems it is time for the concept of Pookie to come into its own. Mine clearance specialist MineTech International is completing work on a three-year project to transform an abandoned Zimbabwean war relic into a cost-effective mine detection platform for the 21st century. Project leader Willie Lawrence of MineTech International plots the progress of the revival of Pookie.
The Mine Action Information Center And The State Department’S Humanitarian Demining Fellowship: Molding The Future Of The Landmine Community, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
James Madison University (JMU) is host to the State Department’s Mine Action Information Center (MAIC). The MAIC has given many students the opportunity, whether through local employment or the State Department’s Humanitarian Demining Fellowship, to learn and experience mine action. Today, many of JMU’s former students are players in the global landmine community.
Moving Forward: Recommendations For A Landmine Victim Data Collection And Management System The Landmine Casualty Database Workshop At James Madison University (Jmu), May 13–14, 2002, Cisr Jmu
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
After discussing ways to develop a systematic and accurate system for the collection of victim data on a global basis, participants developed three sets of recommendations that were presented to the global community.
The U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development Program, Nicole Kreger
The U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development Program, Nicole Kreger
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research and Development (R&D) Program rapidly develops, evaluates and demonstrates equipment for humanitarian demining, hoping to improve the overall safety of the individual deminer and the efficiency of humanitarian demining operations worldwide. By collaborating with a number of different members of the humanitarian demining community, the R&D Program strives to cater to the needs of those in the field and effectively fill any technology gaps as quickly as possible.
Burundi, Country Profile
Burundi, Country Profile
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
A monarchy ruled Burundi from the 17th century until it was overthrown in 1966. After this overthrow, the First Republic went into effect, a tumultuous time marked by the 1972 genocide of the Hutu community. In 1976, the First Republic government was overthrown, leading to the Second Republic, headed by Jean Paptiste Bagaza. In 1987, Pierre Buyoya overthrew him and created the Third Republic. Despite Buyoya’s efforts to bring peace and unity to the country, violence similar to that of 1972 erupted in 1988 between the Hutu and the Tutsi. Since 1993, Burundi’s ethnic-based conflicts have reportedly claimed over 150,000 …
Humanitarian Demining Research: The Future Role Of The European Union, Russell Gasser
Humanitarian Demining Research: The Future Role Of The European Union, Russell Gasser
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This article aims to give an introduction to the information about the European Union’s (EU) Research and Technological Development (RTD) programme which is available on several of the EU websites. The sites are listed below.
Mine Resistant Boots, Jiri Chladek
Mine Resistant Boots, Jiri Chladek
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The task of demining is highly dangerous. Deminers and humanitarian workers are at risk to injury every time they step onto a minefield. Jiri Chladek and the Zeman Company have developed a special boot to reduce risks incurred when stepping on landmines.