NO MORE LANDMINES

Kevin Baynham

No More Landmines

No More Landmines, also known as The No More Landmines Trust, was a United Kingdom based humanitarian landmine relief charity. The charity focused on landmine and unexploded ordnance removal; mine risk education programs, and rehabilitation of survivors of landmine injuries.

No More Landmines was established in May 2005 as the UK administrator of the United Nations Association Adopt-A-Minefield campaign, which has cleared over 21 million square meters of affected land since 1999.

In March 2007, the charity launched the Dangerous Grounds Project; featuring free running in London's South Bank. By December 2007, the website, donated by UK2, had received 85,000 video views.

In London on November 1, 2007, The No More Landmines Trust in conjunction with Canadian sculptor Blake Ward opened a temporary exhibition named Fragments, comprising sculptures inspired by landmine victims

-       It is estimated that there are 110 million active landmines. This means that there is one landmine for every 17 children in the world. Or, in other words, one landmine for every 52 people.

-       Another 110 million landmines are stored ready to be used.

-       Landmines are found in over 70 countries.

-       2,000 people are involved in landmine accidents every month - one person every 20 minutes. Around 800 of these will die. 1,200 will be maimed.