Mine victim assistance is not limited to emergency care and medical treatment. It also includes measures to improve the social, economic and psychological situations of mine survivors and their families.
After years of armed conflict, Colombia counts more than 8 million displaced people. Forced to rebuild their lives in their place of refuge, these men, women and children often have to overcome social exclusion and poverty. Two thirds of displaced people have no...
Hnfna is just 18 years old and lives in the steep, isolated mountains of Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan. When she was just a little girl, an accidental explosion seriously injured her while she was collecting firewood in the forest. At the time, Hnfna was unaware...
Every year, civilians are killed or maimed by accidental explosions in Colombia. Nearly six decades of civil war have left the country littered with landmines and unexploded ordnance. The aftermath of accidental explosions disrupt the daily life of victims and their...
In some of the countries where FSD operates, climatic conditions fluctuate between extremes. The dry and scorching summers are followed by harsh winters where snow and rain fall in abundance. These variations not only greatly affect the daily lives of the inhabitants...
The isolated province of Badakhshan, located in the far north-east of Afghanistan, is still littered with anti-personnel mines left by Soviet troops before their withdrawal from the country in 1989. That is where we met Rahmi Ali, who lost his leg in an explosion 25...
