This series of pamphlets was developed by Landmine Survivors Network, a leading global advocate for persons with limb loss. LSN is a non-governmental organization founded by landmine survivors to facilitate effective long-term rehabilitation and to enable persons with limb loss to resume active, productive lives. Ensuring access to information is crucial to LSN's goal of empowering amputees to take charge of their own recovery process. Speaking directly to persons with limb loss, the central theme of the pamphlets is this: the more you know about amputation and all its related aspects, the better able you will be to recover fully and go on with life.
These materials have been developed to help fill the enormous gap for information, most evident in mine-affected countries. Although the intended audience for the pamphlets are LSN Outreach Workers and the amputees they work with, we have been pleased to discover that readers in non-mine-affected countries also find the pamphlets useful.
LSN would like to thank the landmine survivors from Bosnia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, and Mozambique who helped to develop these materials, and the many rehabilitation professionals who participated in the process. We also appreciate the contributions of Sue Schafer of Hands On Design, and of the many photographers, including ICRC/A. Brooks and C. Lo, B. Jordan, M. Cohen, C. Moon, J. Rodsted and P. Winslow. Finally, we gratefully acknowledge the support we received from the USAID’s Leahy War Victims Fund.
Comments or suggestions related to these materials are welcome and may be sent to LSN at the address below.
1420 K Street, NW • # 650
Washington, DC 20005 • USA
phone: 202-464-0007 • fax: 202-464-0011
www.landminesurvivors.org |
U.S. Agency for International Development
Leahy War Victims Fund |
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