by Matt Symes | Mar 12, 2014 | Landmine Clearance
Massoud Hassani won the 2012 Design Of The Year award with ‘Mine Kafon’, a $40.00 wind powered landmine clearing concoction that has the potential to revolutionize the prohibitive cost of demining. The unique device is made of sustainable bamboo sticks exploding out...
by Matt Symes | Mar 1, 2014 | Public Awareness
On December 3rd, 2012, Graham Lanktree interviewed Chris Snyder, Acting Chair of the Canadian Landmines and wrote this piece for Metro News in Ottawa. On the anniversary of a successful anti-landmine treaty signed in Ottawa 15 years ago, anti-landmine groups...
by Matt Symes | Nov 16, 2010 | Education, Public Awareness, Resources
Private Meals Private Meal #1 – Invite a few friends, relatives, neighbours, or business associates for a modest dinner party at your home. The host provides the food, rather than the guests providing wine, flowers or dessert they bring a donation. Receipts are...
by Matt Symes | Oct 23, 2010 | Resources
Program Aids Some of these resource files are quite large and may take a few moments to load. Downloadable PowerPoint Presentation: Landmines Downloadable Meals For A Mine-Free World Materials: Complete 2009-10 Host Kit (PDF) 2009-10 Placemat (PDF) Breaking Bread...
by Matt Symes | Oct 23, 2010 | About the Foundation, Education, History, Resources
The Ottawa Treaty or the Mine Ban Treaty, formally the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, bans completely all anti-personnel landmines (AP-mines). Responding to a challenge...
