The campaign seeks national and international sponsors to adopt minefields that the United Nations has identified as being in urgent need of clearance.
Sponsors raise funds in their communities to clear the adopted minefields.
Every dollar donated is forwarded to the United Nations for mine clearance and there is a very strict overlooking of money allocations so that sponsors are assured that every dollar is spent in the removal of the minefield. People in Afghanistan, Vietnam, Bosnia, Cambodia, Croatia, Angola, Mozambique, and many other countries struggle to reclaim their land. While we realize that all these countries are in need of our help, we decided to sponsor Vietnam given our complex historical links to it. The wars fought on their lands may be over but the live landmines left behind ensure ongoing destruction. Children cannot play in the fields, people cannot cultivate their land for their own livelihood, travels are only safe along narrow pathways.