The project Physical Rehabilitation of Landmine Child Victims
is a incessant activity of the organization during which Human
Development Promotion Group operate and provide artificial prosthesis to
landmine child victims. Until this time, Human Development Promotion
Group has been provided prosthetic limbs to more than 45 landmines child
victims through the financial support of First Hand Foundation, World
Children Fund and HDPG own resources.
FIRST HAND FOUNDATION
Donor Agency: First Hand Foundation
Project Title: Rehabilitation of Landmine Child Victims
Project Location: Bajaur and Kurram Agencies, Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan
Project Beneficiaries:
During this project artificial limbs were given to the innocent
and poor landmine children. Up till now, HDPG, during the course of
this project, has provided artificial prosthesis to 32 landmine child
victims.
Objectives of the Project:
• To physically rehabilitate the innocent Landmine child victims through the provision of artificial limbs
• To try to lesson the psychological complexes of landmine's children
• To create mass awareness about landmines
• To educate children about the landmine problem and motivate them to become probable activists.
Rubina is a 16 years old female Landmine child victim and is a resident of village Nawagai,
Bajaur Agency, a Federally Administered Tribal Area of Pakistan. Her
village is located at Pak-Afghan border, which is highly mine-affected
area of Bajaur Agency. When she was 13-year-old, she lost both her legs
in a tragic landmine incident.
Rubina lost her legs at the age of 13 |
‘Rubina was on her way to school when she struck to
a hidden landmine, which was planted in the ground. In emergency and
unconscious condition she was rushed to the Agency Head Quarter Hospital
in Khar, located at a distance of 20 km from the place of accident.
After spending a day in emergency at AHQ hospital, she was then shifted
to Mercy Hospital Peshawar , where the doctor in a major surgery, cut
off both of her legs'.
Practicing on her artificial legs  |
For more than two years, Rubina was compelled to live a
dependent life as she was incapable to bear the expenses of her
prosthetic limbs. She appealed to a number of government departments and
other humanitarian organizations to support her expenses on prosthesis
but in vein.
Human Development Promotion Group with the financial support of First Hand Foundation became able to provide prosthetic limbs to the innocent Rubina.
This physical rehabilitation brought hopes and smiles
in her miserable life. After her one month treatment at the PIPOS in
Peshawar , she is now able to walk on her legs.
Rubina plea that those involved in such heinous activities should be brought to justice without making any concession for them.
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Project background:
The scourge of landmines besides adults has also badly affected
children around the globe. Pakistan has become the victim of landmines
since early eighties because of the war in Afghanistan . Landmines are
transferred from Afghanistan to the tribal areas of Pakistan due to its
long and porous border with Afghanistan . Worst of all some landmines
are made in the shape of toys (baby traps), which attracts the innocent
children who get maimed or killed by playing with these toy's like
landmines.
Over 27% of mine victims in Pakistan are believed to be
children. There is no physical rehabilitation facility available for the
poor and innocent landmine child victims in the areas, where these
inhuman accidents commonly take place. According to various facts
finding missions of HDPG comprising of media reporters and journalists,
the landmine situation is alarming in these areas. It is petty to say
that neither the government nor the UN agencies and other humanitarian
organizations have taken any strong step regarding the physical, social
and economic rehabilitation of landmine victims. Therefore, it is utmost
important to work in these areas and to at least physically
rehabilitate these innocent victims.
Human Development Promotion Group (HDPG) after sensing the
gravity of the situation, has underway the following activities in the
project areas to reduce miseries of the victims up to some extent.
• Physical Rehabilitation of the children by providing prosthetic limbs
• Psychological Rehabilitation of the child victims
• Awareness and Social Organization
• Data Collection
• Mass awareness programs
Project Outcomes:
• Thirty two (32) Landmine child victims were given prosthetic limbs
• Awareness campaign has been launched in the area
• CBOs were formed which are now actively working in the area
• Data has been collected about the landmine victims
WORLD CHILDREN FUND,USA
Donor Agency: World Children Fund , USA
Project Title: Physical Rehabilitation of landmine child victims
Project Duration: Six months, the project started in December 2003 and completed in June 2004)
Project Location: Bajaur Agency, FATA
Project Objective:
• To physically and psychologically rehabilitates
landmine child victims by providing them prosthetic limbs/arms and
psychological treatment
• To provide a forum for the mine affected children to raise their voice against landmines, their users and producers
• To raise awareness about landmines in children
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