Take Action!

There are lots of things you can do to make a difference. Start with one thing and you'll be surprised how many people will follow you. Kids have the power to change the world. Here are some suggestions to get you started.

Learn About Landmines

• Learn about landmines yourself so that you can share your knowledge with others. Use the Treasure Hunt on our website to learn about the issues and the solutions.
• Download the The Mine Action Workbook from the Safelane Website, the official web site of the Ottawa Process. The workbook is in pdf format so you can save it and print it out. It's a great resource for learning about landmines.
• Learn about the rights that are guaranteed to all children by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. See what kids in USA, Australia and Canada did to help others learn through their website One World, Many Rights

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Spread the Word

• Organize a landmine awareness day or assembly
• Do a project on landmines and their dangers.
• Print your own posters and pamphlets to hang in school or community centers
• Tell others about the Youth Against War Treaty. Sign the treaty! Get others to sign the treaty!
• Use the Internet to spread the word on any activities that you are organizing.
• Invite peacekeepers to talk about their experiences in landmine-affected countries.
• Write an article for your school or local newspaper on the crises of landmines.
• Get your principal to have a short bell ring every 22 minutes as a reminder that somewhere in the world a person became another landmine victim.
• Invite the media to attend and report on your landmine awareness event.

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Sign A treaty....Clear A mine

• Sign the Youth Against War treaty online to let the world know that the youth of the world want peace and are ready to work for it.
• Clear a landmine for free just by clicking with your mouse... from the Canadian Landmine Foundation

  

• Adopt-a-Minefield the campaign helps save lives by raising funds for landmine clearance, victim assistance and raising awareness of the landmine problem. From the United Nations Association of the USA.

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Fundraising

• Use your creativity to come up with ideas of how to raise funds.
• Organize a sporting event between teachers and parents.
• Hold a poster contest and have the community bid on them.
• Make buttons and sell them as we did.
• Organize a walk-a-thon or a run for landmine victims. Get sponsors and have media participate.
• Have a bake sale.
• For inspiration check out Good News. Students around the world did some creative fundraising.

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