IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, and IF YOU WANT TO HELP
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
www.icbl.org
www.stopclustermunitions.org
This website tells you everything about the status of the Landmine Treaty (how many countries have signed on, status of fulfillment in various countries, etc.)
42 countries are still not signatory, including China, Cuba, India, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, North and South Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, United states (process to join started in 1982, then halted), and Vietnam.
The Commission to ban landmines is cooperating with other organizations now to ban cluster bombs.
The World Rehabilitation Fund
www.worldrehabfund.org
Website about the Poverty Alleviation through Community Empowerment (PACE) Project:
www.worldrehabfund.org/cambodia_pace.htm
Alison McMahan and Mathieu Roberts produced a training film on the PACE Project, entitled Cambodia: Living with Landmines
www.LivingwithLandmines.com
A website followup on the villagers in Veal Thom can be found at:
vealthomprofiles.com
Rose Charities, run by Dr. Jim Gollogly, offers free surgery to anyone in Cambodia
www.rosecharities.com
The Artisans Association of Cambodia is a network that sells Cambodian Crafts, many produced by disabled people:
www.aac.org.kh
Cambodia's Disability Action Council:
www.dac.org.kh
The National Cristina Foundation collects computer donations and distributes them to organizations that help train people with disabilities, both in the US and abroad. Now working to get solar-powered computers into Veal Thom.
www.cristina.org
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