AdoptAMinefield

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Our Mission

• The mission of the Canadian Landmine Foundation,
  a partner in the global Adopt-A-Minefield
  Campaign, is to raise awareness and funds to
  help eradicate landmines and end the human and
  economic suffering they cause.

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Global Landmine CrisisAn Overview
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Global Landmine Crisis

• 70 million mines 70 countries
• Thousands of mine injuries and deaths every year,
  many of these victims are children
• Landmines often target civilian populations
• Landmines can be laid anywhere
• Landmines displace entire communities
• Socio-economic impact of mines

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Four Pillars of Mine Action

• Mine Awareness
• Survivor Assistance
• Mine Clearance
• Advocacy Ottawa Treaty
• Destroying stockpiles

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Landmines
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Survivor Assistance
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Mine Clearance
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Adopt-A-Minefield Background

• Established in March 1999
• Worlds largest non-government funder of mine
  action
• Adopters include service clubs,individuals,
  businesses, governments, churches, foundations,
  and labour unions
• Over 22 million raised world-wide
• Some 25 million square metres cleared

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Our Partners

• Adopt-A-Minefield in USA, UK, Sweden
• UNA-USA,No More Landmines Trust, UNA-Sweden
• Government of Canada
• Better World Fund
• United Nations
• Mine Action Centres in Afghanistan, Bosnia
  Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Mozambique,
  Vietnam
• Mines Advisory Group - UK, HALO Trust, Clear Path
  International, STOP Mines, Roots of Peace,
  Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program, Cambodia
  Trust, OperationaEnfants de Battambang, World
  Rehabilitation Fund, World Vision, Jaipur Limb
  Campaign (Angola), POWER and the Cooperative
  Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise, Landmine
  Survivors Network, and the Vietnam Veterans of
  AmericaFoundation

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Key Elementsof the Campaign

• Adopt-A-Minefield and the United Nations
  identify minefields for adoption.
• Adopters can adopt entire minefields or part of a
  minefield.
• Entire minefield average 40,000.
• Partial minefield as little as 5 (pooled
  contributions).
• Some donors contribute directly to AAM and some
  raise funds through our annual campaign called
  the Night of a Thousand Dinners
• Clearance Operations Coordinated by United
  Nations and select mine action NGOs

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Mine Detection Dogs

• MDDs trained in Bosnia by the Canadian
  International Demining Corps.
• CIDC has never had a dog killed or injured in the
  field
• Cost of purchase and training 19,300
• MDDs speed up clearance by 10 times.

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Mine Detection Dogs
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Our Country Programs
Croatia
Afghanistan
Bosnia Herzegovina
Vietnam
Cambodia
Mozambique
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Afghanistan7 million mines, Millions of UXO
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Bosnia Herzegovina1 million mines
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Cambodia4-6 million mines
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Croatia400,000 mines
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Mozambique1 million mines
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Vietnam3.5 million mines
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What can you do?
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A Solvable Problem

• Ottawa Treaty banning the production, use and
  trade now law in 155 countries
• Trade has dropped from 34 countries in 1995 to 0.
• 60,000,000 mines in stockpile destroyed
• Worldwide, with increased mine awareness and mine
  removal, mine injuries and fatalities have
  decreased every year

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Night of a Thousand Dinners

• On or around December 3rd, 2008 and March 1, 2009
• You volunteer to host a simple dinner in your
  home or organize a social event at your workplace
  or have community dinner at your local service
  club or local church
• Sign up on our website www.clmf.org to host a
  dinner
• We will provide you with a host kit including a
  DVD so it is an informed gathering.

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Day of 1,000 Lunches

• Celebrate Peacekeepers Day on August 9th and
  raise funds to remove landmines.
• Landmines are the greatest single threat to
  Peacekeepers.
• The Canadian Landmine Foundation operates the
  Peacekeepers Demining Fund to clear mines and aid
  survivors in the name of selected Canadian
  peacekeepers.
• For more information visit
• www.canadianlandmine.org

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For More Information

• Contact the Canadian Landmine Foundation
• www.canadianlandmine.org