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Make History! Urge the US to Join the Mine Ban Treaty NOW!
May 20, 2010
Here is our chance to make history again - the time is right to get the US to join the Mine Ban Treaty! See the call to action for the US to join the Mine Ban Treaty below. Dear Supporters of the U.S. Campaign to ... Read More Read More
Breaking News in Israel: Mine Free Legislation Introduced
May 10, 2010
Seventy-three Members of the Knesset submitted a bill establishing a mine action authority to manage the clearance of all non-operational minefields in Israel. The Mine Action Authority will have the authority to manage the clearance of Israel’s hundreds of non-operational minefield that dot the Golan Heights, the Jordan Valley and ... Read More Read More
Strengthening Mine Victim Assistance in Southeastern Europe
Apr 30, 2010
The first Southeastern Europe Regional Mine Victim Assistance workshop was convened by Survivor Corps in April in order to strengthen victim assistance programs in the region and ensure their long-run success in helping survivors rise above their injuries, regain their place in society, ... Read More Read More
Mine Blast in Israel
Feb 11, 2010
On February 6, 11-year-old Daniel Yuval from Tel Aviv was playing in the fresh snow in the Golan Heights when he stepped on landmine and lost his leg. His 12 year-old sister also sustained shrapnel injuries. The incident has prompted many in Israel and ... Read More Read More
Ordnance Explodes in Vietnam Schoolyard
Jan 28, 2010
On January 27, in the late afternoon, Vietnamese schoolchildren were reminded that the explosive effects of Vietnam War ordnance have not yet gone away. In the city of Dong Ha , in Quang Tri province, ordnance hidden since the Vietnam War exploded just outside a ... Read More Read More
Obama's Opportunity to Lead a Landmine-Free World
Dec 04, 2009
By Queen Noor of Jordan The following article ran in The Huffington Post on Thursday, December 3rd. For twelve years, the United States has refused to ban a weapon that kills and mutilates innocent women, men and children even in peacetime. The time ... Read More Read More
Rumble in Cartagena
Dec 03, 2009
Last evening, U.S. and Colombia teams squared off at the "Rumble in Cartagena," a quad rugby match organized by Survivor Corps and partner organizations. Held on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the event commemorates the signing of both the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention and ... Read More Read More
With Mines Cleared, Victims Remain
Nov 30, 2009
From November 30th to December 4th, 2009, Survivor Corps will meet with hundreds of international organizations in Cartagena, Colombia to assess the impact of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, a watershed agreement between states and nations to ban all anti-personnel mines. Survivor Corps, one of the treaty’s ... Read More Read More
Veteran-led Peer Support Combats Suicide
Nov 10, 2009
Last month in Washington, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki made a staggering announcement: more veterans have committed suicide since 2001 than have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Coming within weeks of the release of the US Army's suicide prevention guidebook, the VA Secretary's ... Read More Read More
Survivor Corps Congratulates Nobel Laureate Barack Obama
Oct 09, 2009
Survivor Corps congratulates President Obama for winning the Nobel Prize for Peace. He joins an elite group of survivors, advocates, and change-makers recognized for their efforts to make the world a better place. Twelve years ago, Survivor Corps founder and director Jerry White shared the Nobel ... Read More Read More









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