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For the Socio-Economic Reintegration of Mine Survivors 101 GREAT IDEAS for the Socio-Economic Reintegration of Mine Survivors Standing Tall Australia (STAIRRSS) Mine Action Canada Address: PO Box 98, TOOWONG, Address: 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 1502 Queensland 4066, Australia. OTTAWA, Ontario K1N 7B7, Canada. Tel: +61 7 3876 2776 Tel: +1 613 241 3777 Fax: +61 7 3367 1779 Fax: +1 613 244 3410 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.standingtallaustralia.org Website: www.minesactioncanada.org ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The production of the Portfolio was undertaken by Standing Tall Australia (STAIRRSS) in collaboration with Mines Action Canada on behalf of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines Working Group on Victim Assistance. Compiling a Portfolio of this scale, focusing on a very specific issue, could not have been achieved without the assistance of many people and organizations. We would firstly like to thank all the organizations that participated in the Portfolio project by responding to a detailed questionnaire and supplying relevant information. The time taken to respond came above and beyond their regular activities and their support is very much appreciated. We would like to thank all the individuals who responded to our many queries and who assisted in identifying programs and providing valuable additional assistance to the project. In particular we thank Judy Kitts, Katleen Maes, Peter Sundberg, and Anne Villeneuve for their assistance. Thanks also to Paul Hannon of Mines Action Canada who provided guidance and support throughout the project. The compilation of the Portfolio was made possible with the support of the Canadian Young Professionals International Mine Action Program (YPIMAP). Special thanks to McKay Wood, a YPIMAP intern, hosted by Standing Tall Australia, for all his considerable efforts in initiating contact with the organizations participating in the Portfolio, compiling the information, and beginning preparations for the final layout of the Portfolio. Special thanks also to Loren Persi, who took up the challenge of seeing the Portfolio project through to completion after McKay’s internship ended. His commitment and attention to detail is very much appreciated. We are very grateful to the donors who supported the Portfolio project: the Mine Action Team of the Department of Foreign Affairs Canada (ILX) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) supported the YPIMAP program which provided much of the labour that went into producing the Portfolio; and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) who provided the funds for the production, printing and distribution of the Portfolio. And finally, we are also very grateful to Nuchanad Sirichayaporn (Juju) from 101 Freelance for her assistance with the layout, publishing and distribution of the Portfolio. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in the Portfolio; however, it was beyond the scope of the project to verify all the information obtained. The Project Manager is responsible for the final editing of the Portfolio. Sheree Bailey Portfolio Project Manager Director-Standing Tall Australia Email: [email protected] June 2005 PHOTOGRAPHS We thank the organizations participating in the Portfolio for providing the many unique and interesting photos of their programs. Each photograph included in the Portfolio has been used with the permission of the organization concerned. For further information or inquiries regarding specific photographic images please contact the specific organization directly. Cover Page Photos: 1. Landmine Survivors Network - Support for landmine survivors and other persons with disabilities in social and economic integration. 2. The Cambodia Trust - Rehabilitation Program for Disabled People 3. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - Mine Action Program (MAP), North Caucasus, Nazran 4. Jaipur Limb Campaign & League for the Reintegration of Disabled People - Dignidade, Angola TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS Abkhazia 4 Afghanistan 5 Albania 13 Angola 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 Burma (Myanmar) 20 Cambodia 21 Central African Republic 43 Colombia 44 Croatia 46 El Salvador 18, 47 Eritrea 48 Ethiopia 18 Iraq 50 Jordan 18 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 51 Lebanon 54 Mozambique 18, 58 Namibia 61 Nicaragua 62 Pakistan 67 Russia 70 Senegal 71 Sierra Leone 72 Sri Lanka 73 Sudan 75 Syria 79 Uganda 80 Vietnam 18, 85 Yemen 88 APPENDIX 1 Examples of Great Ideas for the Socio-Economic Reintegration of Mine Suvivors 93 APPENDIX 2 A Classification Index of Socio-Economic Reintegration Strategies 94 INDEX OF ORGANIZATIONS 98 101 Great Ideas for the Socio-Economic Reintegration of Mine Survivors INTRODUCTION During preparations for the Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World, the first review conference of the Ottawa Convention1 in November/December 2004, the need to focus attention on the progress made (or lack of progress) in assisting the victims of landmines was highlighted. The Nairobi Summit marked an important milestone in global efforts to raise awareness of the rights and needs of mine survivors and other persons with disabilities, and to encourage States to match resources with needs in mine-affected communities to promote the physical rehabilitation and socio-economic reintegration of survivors. The Ottawa Convention is the first multilateral disarmament treaty in history to call for assistance to the victims of the banned weapon. The Ottawa Convention states, in Article 6, Paragraph 3, that “Each State in a position to do so shall provide assistance for the care and rehabilitation, and social and economic re- integration, of mine victims….” States Parties meeting in Nairobi identified a number of key challenges to be addressed in the period 2005-2009 to fulfil the promise to mine survivors that the treaty implied.2 The majority of mine survivors are generally among the poorest in mine-affected countries. Research cited in the Landmine Monitor Report 2004 identifies assistance in the area of socio-economic re- integration as the top priority for many mine survivors. For example, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Landmine Survivors Network statistics reveal that 85 percent of mine survivors regard the lack of employment opportunities and economic reintegration as their main concern.3 Under Action #32 of the Nairobi Action Plan, States Parties agreed to “Actively support the socio- economic reintegration of mine victims, including providing education and vocational training and developing sustainable economic activities and employment opportunities in mine-affected communities, integrating such efforts in the broader context of economic development, and striving to ensure significant increases of economically reintegrated mine victims.”4 However, economic integration is not easily achievable. The report of the Director-General to the International Labour Organization’s 91st Session in 2003, noted that “[t]he most common form of discrimination is the denial of opportunities to persons with disabilities either to work altogether or to build on their abilities and potential.”5 Other obstacles to economic reintegration include limited prospects for education and vocational training; limited access to transport, footpaths and buildings; and economies with few jobs and high unemployment in the general population.6 A study undertaken in Cambodia and Northern Iraq found that the poorer the mine survivor, the more intense their long term pain. The study suggested that in dealing with their on-going pain it was often more effective to apply a non-medical solution – introducing survivors to income generation schemes, micro-credit, and self-help groups.7 Socio-economic reintegration programs conducted by government agencies, or local and international NGOs and agencies, are operating in all mine-affected countries. Training is available in areas such as agriculture, bee-keeping, bicycle repair, carpentry, handicrafts, information technology, literacy, livestock breeding, mechanics, prosthetics, solar energy technology, tailoring and small business management. Nevertheless, the majority of programs appear to be small and there continues to be very few opportunities for mine survivors to receive vocational training or access employment, micro-credits or other income generating activities. Standing Tall Australia, Mines Action Canada and the ICBL Working Group on Victim Assistance partnered to produce the Portfolio of 101 Great Ideas for the Socio-Economic Reintegration of Mine Survivors with the realistic hope that it would give wider exposure to the issue of socio-economic reintegration and to existing programs, and raise awareness on the many unique and different ideas currently available which 1 The 1997 Convention on the Prohibition, Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Antipersonnel Landmines and on their Destruction 2 United Nations, “Final Report, First Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, Nairobi, 29 November – 3 December 2004,” APLC/CONF/2004/5, 9 February 2005. 3 Email to Landmine Monitor (HRW) from Karla Fuentes, Landmine Survivors Network, 30 September 2004. 4 United Nations, “Final Report, First Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines
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