Organization: Landmines Blow!

All Photos To serve and inspire hope for landmine-affected individuals and their communities by raising global awareness and providing access to clean safe water

Focus Areas:	Children, Economic Development, Health, Human Rights, Poverty, Gender & Equality
Countries Served:	Cambodia Thailand

Description of Services:
Provide families in mine-affected communities access to clean water Improve the overall health of the communities Elevate, empower and promote the status of women
History:
In 2003 Alison Bock founded Landmines Blow!®. The organization, originally created to raise awareness of landmines and their impact on civilians, grew to become a respected member of the non-governmental organization (NGO) community when they joined both the U. S. Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement partnership program and The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) in 2004.
Accomplishments & Progress:
Phase I of Project Safe Water was completed in March of 2007. The project included the construction of ten wells in six villages in the Mong commune of Srey Snam district in Cambodia. These wells provide clean safe water to over 200 families (approximately 1,800 people). Additionally, Landmines Blow!® provides gardening tools to families so that they can plant vegetables. Our wells provide families with ongoing access to clean water which can be used for drinking, cooking, bathing, washing clothes, and feeding animals and chickens. The wastewater from the wells is used for home gardening.