Night of a Thousand Dinners events around the world helped fund the following mine-action projects in 2003. To view mine-action projects funded in 2002, click here.

Afghanistan | Angola | Cambodia | Croatia | Iraq | Mozambique | Vietnam

Your Money at Work in Afghanistan
ATC-07-08, ACT-07-09
Afghan Technical Consultants (ATC) team #7 will be funded for a total of 4 months.

Your Money at Work in Angola
ANG-SA-JLC

The Jaipur Limb Campaign (JLC) will work with LARDEF, a disabled people's organization, to establish a cooperative of low cost transport for goods and people, which will be operated by people with disabilities, most of whom are victims of landmine accidents. The cooperative will be based in Luanda City, Angola.

JLC and LARDEF's joint transportation cooperative project aims to improve the social and economic conditions of disabled people, victims of landmines, and their families. The project will create job and income opportunities and contribute to the social and economic reintegration of these disabled people. The cooperative will also provide transportation to orthopedic rehabilitation centers and will challenge negative attitudes towards disabled people by promoting a positive image of them as people who are still able to actively participate and contribute to the community. The cooperative will directly benefit 15 disabled people and their families and will have an indirect impact on thousands more throughout the city.

Your Money at Work in Cambodia
CAM-057 Pramaoy, Pursat, Cambodia

Pramoay is a large village comprised of about 230 families in the southern Pursat province. There is a high level of mine contamination from years of conflict during the 1980s. The people living in this village are very poor and in need of development assistance. However, development cannot occur until the mines are cleared. N1KD funds will be used to clear this minefield, upon which the government will move 11 families to the area and provide them with land to build homes and cultivate crops.

CAM 068 Veal Hat, Malay Commune, Malay District, Banteay Mean Chey

Malay district in Banteay Mean Chey province was a strategic zone during the Cambodian conflict. As a result, there are thousands of landmines that remain in the ground. In the village of Veal Hat , there have been 6 deaths and 9 injuries as a result of landmine accidents.

The minefield to be cleared is close to the current Malay school which has 1,766 students. There will soon be an additional 900 students at this school so the school must be expanded to accommodate this growth. Once the minefield is cleared, it will serve as the site for the school expansion.

CAM 070 Toul Pong Ro, Malay District, Banteay Mean Chey

This small village close to the Thai border is littered with landmines that remain after years of fighting. Since the end of fighting, 3 people have been injured in landmine-related accidents. By demining this area, people will be able to live without fear of further accidents. In addition, the cleared land will be used for the resettlement of 12 families or 71 people in total. These families will be given their own home and plot of land to use to grow food to sustain themselves.

CAM-SA-VV011, 012

N1KD funds will be given to the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) to provide support to landmine survivors and other disabled people through one of four rehabilitation centers throughout Cambodia. VVAF will apply the funds where there is the most immediate need. Support services include the production and distribution of mobility devices, medical and rehabilitation services, assistance to help disabled children attend school, a sports reintegration program and income-generating projects for the families of disabled individuals.

VVAF is an international humanitarian organization that addresses the causes, conduct and consequences of war through programs of advocacy and service for victims of conflict around the world.  

Your Money at Work in Croatia
CRO-062 Seliste Dreznicko, Lika, Croatia

CRO-062 is a minefield located close to a bridge over the Korana river and alongside the road to the entrance of the National Park Plitvicka jezera. From 1991 to 1995, the area was occupied by the Yugoslav army. By clearing the land of mines and UXO, the area surrounding this important National Park will allow safe access to tourists. This is critical in Croatia's efforts to rebuild its tourism industry that was crippled during the war.

Your Money at Work in Iraq

Landmines have been deployed in Northern Iraq for over a decade. The latest conflict has created additional contamination from explosive ordnance in the form of newly-laid minefields, cluster bomb strikes and ordnance abandoned during and after the war. This has added to severe existing contamination from past conflicts.

IRQ-MC-04

N1KD funds will be used by the Mines Advisory Group to provide support for mine clearance from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005 for one Mine Action Team (MAT) working in Northern Iraq. This team of 16 includes 10 deminers who will carry out high priority tasks that will help make local communities, Internally Displaced Persons and returnees in this region safe from landmines and other forms of explosives.

IRQ-SA-04

Handicap International Belgium (HI) works in the Sulaymaniyah region of Iraq, serving a large number of people suffering from amputations, most of them victims of anti-personnel mines laid during the various recent conflicts. HI runs two orthopedic centres: the"Vincent Orthopaedic Centre" in Sulaymaniyah and a second orthopedic centre in Halabja. HI also opened two de-localised centres in the towns of Penjwin and Kalar, to make primary care (physiotherapy, etc.,) more accessible to villagers, who are often the first to fall victim to landmine accidents. N1KD funds will be used to fund Handicap International’s work.

Your Money at Work in Mozambique

MOZ 035 Macuane-Txohossane, Bilene-Macia, Gaza

This minefield was mined in 1989 during the civil war in Mozambique. The local government has now planned an agricultural development project for this area that would employ 1,305 people from local communities. Once this area has been cleared, the government will make fertile land available to 757 families and will provide wood and building materials so that the people from this village can rebuild their homes.

Your Money at Work in Vietnam
VTM-MAT3-01, 02
VTM-MAT4-01, 02 Quang Binh province, Vietnam

The Mines Advisory Group’s mobile Mine Action Teams (MAT) provide immediate assistance in the removal of all reported mines from household areas, villages and communities, thereby removing the burden from local villagers.

Each MAT team is comprised of 10 members and every two teams share a support staff of seven, including a Technical Interpreter, Maintenance Technician, a JCB Driver and Office Staff. Team members are trained in Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), mine clearance, minefield survey, marking, mine awareness capability and are able to conduct clearance in response to emergency call-outs as well as house to house clearance tasks. The small, multi-skilled team has the flexibility and responsiveness to react quickly to the needs of the community, thus reducing the risk of injury or death from UXO and mines.

N1KD funds will support the work of two teams for a total of 4 months each.

VTM-SA-CPI-10

N1KD funds will be given to Clear Path International (CPI) to provide landmine survivor services to a total of 61 landmine survivors and their families. The services include post trauma medical services, emergency outreach services, family bereavement grants, children’s scholarships, home improvement grants and vocational training.

CPI assists landmine survivors in the Quang Tri province, an area that was just south of the DMZ during the Vietnam war and which saw some of the heaviest fighting and bombing.

 Funds raised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovenia were used to fund a Survivor Assistance project in Albania.