Landmine Survivors Network

When I traveled to Vietnam and Cambodia with Landmine Survivors Network in 2004, 20 years had passed since LSN co-founder Jerry White’s landmine accident. In that time, Jerry as been named co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for his work with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Jerry has a special attachment to Southeast Asia. While he was visiting Cambodia in 1995, he was inspired to found LSN by the words of a little girl. The way he tells the story an eight-year-old amputee hopped over to him, pointed to his prosthetic leg, and said, “You are one of us.” From that moment on Jerry was determined to help others who had been injured by landmines.

Today LSN focuses its efforts in seven countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Jordan, Mozambique, and Vietnam. LSN helps  landmine survivors with a full array of services. These include: trauma recovery, emotional counseling, and human rights education.