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Commemorating Genocide in Srebrenica
Jul 09, 2009

July 11, 2009, commemorates the 14th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. In July 1995, Srebrenica, Bosnia, the world's first United Nations Safe Area, was the site of the worst case of genocide in Europe since World War II. More than 7,000 Bosnian Muslims were killed. Thousands of survivors fled the city.

"It was these survivors that raised their voices demanding justice," says Nerina Cevra, International Advocacy Officer at Survivor Corps. "Their ... Read More

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Survivor Corps Remembers the Queen of Peoples’ Hearts
Jul 01, 2009

“I just want to make a difference in peoples’ lives, to be a force for good.”

Today, on her birthday, Survivor Corps remembers Princess Diana for her outspoken support for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the movement out of which Survivor Corps was born.

In 1997, Survivor Corps was founded as Landmine Survivors Network. Our co-founders, Jerry White and Ken Rutherford, escorted Princess Diana on her last humanitarian mission to Bosnia & ... Read More

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Guadalupe Muñoz
Latin America – El Salvador

When Guadalupe was ten years old she worked cutting cotton with her family. One day, the field exploded under her – she had stepped on a landmine. Guadalupe lost her right leg. Because her family felt they could not take care of her, she was sent to live with relatives in San Salvador. She missed her parents, but there she had the opportunity to attend school through the eighth grade. In 2001, she met Survivor Corps. Guadalupe’s main need was to have her prostheses repaired, but her relatives' house was also in need of repair as it had ...

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