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Project funds transferred in 2001-2002

CAM-014 (1): $32,860 Community Campaign and CIDA
CAM-014(02) $32,860 College, Service Club and CIDA
Two contiguous 19,972 m2 minefield portions in Battambang, Cambodia are now clear. Not only does this free the people from the risk in walking in the area, it also allows an irrigation system to be repaired which will provide fresh drinking water for three villages and irrigation for the farmers fields, allowing them to restore the economy of their area.

CLF-01: $200 A doctor in Newfoundland
Fredy Mendoza Cordova, a nineteen-year-old landmine survivor from Peru attended an event in Toronto as part of a speaking tour for Mines Action Canada/ DFAIT. He was blinded by a landmine when he was 9. He used a damaged cassette recorder to take 'voice pictures'; his white cane was broken and would not fold properly. CLF used a donation to buy him a new cassette recorder and replace his white cane. The donor was notified.

CLF-02: $30,000 Axworthy Dinner Project
The project will work through the Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR Uganda) to improve the quality of life of landmine affected communities in northern Uganda by increasing local awareness of landmine issues, and the provisioning of livelihood support to landmine victims/survivors and their families. The program will be implemented primarily in Gulu District, but will also include smaller components focused on landmine awareness activities in selected sub-counties of Kasase District and Kitgum District.

BiH-043: $36,150 Service Clubs and CIDA
A 14,644 m2 minefield in Mostar-Southeast, Herzegovacko-Neretvanski, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before the war, 80 households lived in the Orah area. During the war 80 percent of the housing units here were completely devastated. While five percent of the pre-war population have returned to their homes, the minefields left as a legacy of the war remain a threat to the population and interfere with plans to return to the area. Within this contaminated project area, there are four housing units that could be used for three returning families. This location also includes agricultural land that can provide area residents with income once demined. Before the war, residents depended on both agriculture and cattle breeding as their main source of income. A low voltage power line route passes through this location and can be reconstructed following mine clearance in the area.

BiH-047: $26,705 Service Clubs and CIDA
A 9,950 m2 minefield in Godinjske Bare, Godinje, Tmovo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Several mine incidents have occurred at this location including a 50 year old resident who activated an anti-personnel mine and a vehicle with French SFOR representative passengers hit an anti-tank mine. Residents working the fields recently found two mines and asked for assistance in removing them. Interviews later conducted with area residents indicate that the land is contaminated with AP mines as well as AT mines.

BiH-039: $48,312 Service Industry, individuals and CIDA
A 19,172 m2 minefield in the village of Kula is in Busovaca municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the war, this village was between the HVO and ABIH confrontation line and is presently abandoned because the threat of mines prevents villagers from returning. While no mine accidents have been recorded in the area, estimates indicated that several types of AP mines and UXO are present.

CD-01: $26,920 Private Foundation and CIDA
The purchase and training of two mine detection dogs (Alex and Fanny) through the Canine Demine Program. Training was undertaken by the Canadian International Demining Corps in 2002.

BiH-035: $62,227 Night of a Thousand Dinners and CIDA
A 24,850 m2 minefield in Bosanksa Krupa, Unsko-Sanksi, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This location is 1km south of Bosnaska Krupa center, near the highway towards Bihac-Banja Luka. The confrontation line from past conflict is near the site. The area around the location is densely populated and is a part of a town, bordering housing and extending into agricultural land. Several mine incidents occurred at this location, with seven people injured and three killed. Demining this location will ultimately enable the local population to use agricultural land as well as ensure their safety.

 


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