In June 1995, CARE joined the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a worldwide coalition of more than 60 national campaigns dedicated to a total ban on the use, stockpiling and production of anti-personnel landmines. The Clinton Administration has not acted. Each year, more than 5,000 children worldwide are maimed or killed by landmines. Photo by J.F. Housel. For CARE, the crisis is essentially a human one, with complex and far reaching social and economic consequences.
CARE believes that the U.S. government needs to act decisively and do what's right.
It is time to join the nations of the world seeking a new standard of international decency - to end the scourge of landmines. There is no time to lose. Support Demining and Mine Awareness Programs Around the World. Ask your congressperson to support demining and mine-awareness programs. Additionally, urge him to increase support for demining and victim assistance programs, and ask the President to support demining and mine-awareness programs.