TAKE THE NEXT STEP WITH SURVIVORS! CAMPAIGN

The Youth to Youth Action Network is now advancing an exciting initiative – the Take the Next Step with Survivors! Campaign. The goal of this campaign is to promote the rights and needs of cluster munition and landmine survivors through youth-led action and advocacy. It will be realized through two major tactics: actions and online training opportunities. Learn more by reading the Campaign Guide Book!

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ACTIONS ALERTS

• Action Alert 1
• Action Alert 2
• Action Alert 3
• Action Alert 4
• Action Alert 5

RESOURCES

Read

• “So You Want to Advocate for Victim Assistance?” a resource from the ICBL
• ICBL’s “Guiding Principles on Victim Assistance”
• Position Papers of the Cluster Munition Coalition
• “Connecting the Dots –Detailed Guidance on Victim Assistance” from the ICBL
• “Unir los puntos” from Landmine Survivors Network
• “Voices from the Ground” A report by Handicap International-Belgium (available in other languages at http://en.handicapinternational.be/Voices-from-the-Ground_a616.html)
• Text of the Ottawa Convention in Arabic, English, French and Spanish
• Text of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in English
• Text of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in English, French and Spanish
• UN Mine Action Team’s Advocacy Toolkit on the CRPD in English, Arabic, French and Spanish

Watch

• Real Life Stories from the Cluster Munition Coalition 
• The Ban Advocates: From Victims to Champions
• Lebanon: Mohamed’s story
• Vietnam: Video about Prosthetics and Orthotics Outreach program for survivors of landmines and explosive remnants of war
• Colombia: Mines Continue to Shatter Lives – A video by the ICRC
• Six Videos on Inclusion and Disability Challenges for Children, from Handicap International
• Unacceptable Harm, by Chris Anderson

Visit

• ICBL’s Victim Assistance page
• Ban Advocates Blog
• Victim Assistance Information Gateway
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Handicap International’s online library
• The Journal of ERW and Mine Action: Victim Assistance Edition, Summer 2011
• The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

TOOLS

• Download the campaign logo
• How-to organize an online meeting or training
• Survivor Stories
• Fact sheet: Why YOU Should Take the Next Step for Survivors!
• Mines Action Canada’s How to & Event Kits