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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced on 15 March 2011 that ICBL member Handicap International will receive the 2011 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of US$1.5 million. A co-founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in the early nineties, Handicap International is the world's largest non-governmental organization providing assistance and advocacy for people with disabilities.
The ANZCMC is greatly saddened by the death of Pacific campaigner Andonia Sema Piau-Lynch. Andy passed away peacefully on Saturday, 29 January 2011 in Port Vila, Vanuatu after a painful battle with cancer. In addition to her crucial work advancing the rights of persons with disabilities and women in Vanuatu and across the Pacific, Andy made important contributions to the ICBL and Cluster Munition Coalition.
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition are devastated by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Rachid Dahmani from Handicap International in Algeria. A compassionate and dedicated campaigner, Rachid promoted the rights of landmine and cluster munition survivors and other persons with disabilities in Algeria, and passed on advocacy knowledge to new activists.
The Association of Ethical Shareholders (Germany) awarded the prize on 13 September 2010 to Mr Küchenmeister and Action Group Landmine.de, in recognition for their outstanding campaign for a ban on landmines and cluster munitions and for the rights of victims of unexploded ordnance.
On 1 August 2010, a conference organized by the Afghan Landmine Survivors' Organization, brought together over 100 mine survivors, representatives from disability organizations, government officials and donor organizations. It produced concrete recommendations to help and encourage the government of Afghanistan to promote physical rehabilitation and peer support.
On 3 August an elephant injured by a landmine while working in Myanmar/Burma arrived at the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in northern Thailand. Mae Ka Pae, a 22 year old female elephant, was the 13th elephant mine victim admitted for care at the FAE hospital. She lost part of her left rear foot to a mine while pulling logs in the jungle on the Burma-Thai border.
Taking place in Vientiane, Laos from 8-12 November, the Youth Leaders Forum aims at building the capacity of 18 - 30 years old who are active in the campaigns to ban landmines and/or cluster munitions. It will include sessions on lobbying, fundraising, media relations, and volunteer management.
Secretary-General of Control Arms Foundation of India, Ms Nepram will receive the International Peace Bureau's Sean MacBride Peace Prize 2010, in recognition of her extraordinary efforts to promote linkages between disarmament and development an to end gun violence in India.
Launched in September 2009, the advocacy kit has been developed as a tool to empower local women's grassroots organisations wishing to advocate for gender mainstreaming in mine action in seven countries: Colombia, Croatia, Lebanon, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Yemen. It is available in many languages.
Mines Action Canada is calling for applications for the 2009 Youth Leaders Forum! Taking place in Cartagena, Colombia, on 28 November - 5 December 2009, the Forum aims at building the capacity of 18 - 30 years old who are active in the campaigns to ban landmines and / or cluster munitions. It will include sessions on lobbying, fundraising, media relations, and volunteer management.
Geneva, 12 August 2009 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly denounces the killing of civil society activist Ms Zarema Sadulayeva and her husband, Alik Dzhabrailov. According to reports, the couple was abducted on Monday 10 August by armed men claiming to be part of security services from the Let’s Save the Generation office, a non-governmental organization founded and run by Ms Sadulayeva. Their bodies were found on Tuesday 11 August.
The International Summit of Religious Youth Leaders on Disarmament for Shared Security was held in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 10 and 11 July 2009. It included extensive discussions on landmines and cluster munitions as a major challenge in the region. The President of Nepal joined the event.
Youth campaigners from around the world (18-30 years old) are invited to submit short multimedia entries on the theme "What If..." as it relates to landmines and cluster munitions. Mines Action Canada organizes this competition to find new, compelling and provocative ways to tell the story of what the real, human impact of our work is and why everyone should support work towards a world free from landmines and cluster munitions.
In blistering heat, more than 1,500 people completed a 38-mile bike ride from Manchester to Liverpool, U.K., in aid of MAG on 30 May 2009. MAG (Mines Advisory Group) has been clearing landmines all over the world since 1989.
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