Landmines! A Continuing Danger

Land is being cleared of vegetation to allow for the removal of landmines under a landmines removal program sponsored by the United Methodist Committee on Relief and its parent agency, the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. Since the implementation of removal activity in early 2003, over 3 million square meters of land in Mozambique have been cleared of deadly landmines.

Contributions can be made to UMCOR Advance #982575, Landmine Removal. Give through your local United Methodist church or send contributions to: UMCOR, 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115. Call 1-800-554-8583 to make a credit card donation. One hundred percent of your gift goes to this emergency. The generous giving of United Methodists to the One Great Hour of Sharing supplements the cost of Advance gifts.

News, Features and Photos

• Church Provides Help to Clear Mozambique of Landmines, UMNS, April 20, 2005.
• The Sacred Task of Demining Mozambique by Ted Warnock, New World Outlook, November-December 2004.
• International United Methodist Delegations Say Landmines Put Life on Hold, Kathleen LaCamera, April 30, 2004.
• Landmine Removal in Mozambique : Restoring Land, Restoring Lives.
• Mozambique Landmines Removal Photo Library #1
  Clearing landmines, workers, and mine-sniffing dogs, Paul Dirdak 2001.
• Mozambique Landmines Removal Photo Library #2
  The Agri-flail machine used by the UMCOR-supported Accelerated Demining Program (ADP), Paul Dirdak 2001.
• GBGM's De-Mining Program 2001 (slide show).
• Healing the Land: GBGM Initiative on Removal of Landmines by Faye Wilson.
• Don't Touch! Children's Story and Activities about Landmines in Angola by Faye Wilson.
• Watch Your Step! Upfront with Youth about Landmines by Faye Wilson.

News Archives

• United Methodists Assist Landmine Removal in Mozambique, UMNS, November 26, 2002.
• Landmines Cripple Peace in Angola, Paul Jeffrey, ACT, July 26, 2002.
• United Methodists work on Landmine Removal in Mozambique, UMNS, April 30, 2001.
• United Methodists Continue to Pursue Land Mine Removal, UMNS, April 11, 2000.
• United Methodists provide artificial limbs in Angola, UMNS, July 17, 1998.

Other Web Sites

• Landmines Survivors Database, United Nations and Landmine Survivors Network.
• Bosnia: Landmines Profile.
• Mozambique: Landmines Profile.
• United Nations Mine Action (UMAS).
• Wounded Children, BBC Children of Conflict (1999).