Nationwide all media art contest on the theme of The Impact of Anti-personnel Landmines on my community. Opens on 4 April, International Day of Mine Action For more information read the images below, or go to: https://bit.ly/mfm_myn_fb
UNICEF data shows three fold increase in landmine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) in 2023 compared to 2022. UNICEF has recorded about 87 casualties every month in 2023, compared to the 32 casualties per month during the same time period of 2022. URL UNICEF Jan-Dec 2023 Landmine/ERW casualties UNICEF Jan-Dec 2022 Read more…
To commemorate the UN International Day of Mine Action, Mine Free Myanmar is launching a second nationwide, all media, art contest on the theme of ‘the impact of antipersonnel landmines on my community’. Cash prizes for winning art work submitted.
Message of the United Nations Secretary-General on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, 4 April 2023 For the millions living amidst the chaos of armed conflicts — especially women and children — every step can put them in danger’s path. Even after the fighting stops, Read more…
Taking up the challenge: banning landmines globally and in Myanmar was organized on the 25th Anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the 25th Anniversary of the 1997 Ottawa Convention and held on 8 December 2022 at the Foreign Correspondents Read more…
DVB, Non-discriminatory warfare, 2 April 2011 Video focuses on the status of Myanmar/Burma compared to other countries in the world according to the findings in the Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor report 2010 by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Includes interviews with the Prosthetics Department of Mae Tao Read more…