Mine risk education training module - Avsi

PREFACE
This is one in a series of training modules developed by AVSI to support the work of people dealing with children and communities in war situations.
Previous publications were a training manual and handbook for community volunteer counselors (November, 2000) and a training manual and handbook
for teachers on psychosocial issues (February, 2003).
Each module in the series is designed to address specific topics in depth, based upon the approach, principles and practices presented in the first two
publications.
This training module is addressed to community resource persons to assist them in organising and presenting a training on Mine Risk Education (MRE).
Mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) are seriously affecting our community physically, psychologically and economically. People need to know how to
avoid unnecessary maiming and death due to mines and UXO, and AVSI believes that sensitization and awareness training can contribute in reducing the
number of mine accidents, thus saving lives.
This module is designed to share with you the experience AVSI has gained over the past years of conducting MRE training in Uganda. Since 2001, the
Ministry of Health, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), district authorities and AVSI have collaborated to implement a community-based
project focused on MRE at the grass-roots level. After many years of practice and implementation, what is presented in this module is the approach that
we found to be most effective. We consider this a starting point on which you can build and give us feedback to improve continuously this important
activity.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Special thanks to Captain Eng. Wilson Kabeera (UPDF), Bernard Ocen (Gulu District Rehabilitation Officer), Dr. Alice Nganwa (Senior Medical Officer,
Ministry of Health) and Dr. Lucia Castelli (AVSI) for their invaluable leadership in developing the trainings and producing this module.
Many thanks also to all facilitators and participants who have contributed to the content of this module through their experience and feedback.
This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Community (ECHO grant agreement number: ECHO/UGA/BUD/2004/
01004). The views expressed herein should not be taken, in any way, to reflect the official opinion of the European Community.