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Created by and for survivors, LSN empowers individuals and communities affected by landmines to recover from trauma, reclaim their lives and fulfill their rights.
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World Landmine News
LSN co-Founders Honored at Benefit
LSN co-Founders Jerry White and Ken Rutherford were honored at a Benefit Gala for United Nations Association\'s Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign on September 18 in Los Angeles. Adopt-A-Minefield Goodwill Ambassadors Heather Mills McCartney and Paul McCartney hosted the event and asked participants to support demining efforts to \"clear minefields, save lives, and return land to productive use.\"
The event\'s Master of Ceremonies was \"Tonight Show\" host Jay Leno. Paul McCartney,Steven Stills, and Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys performed to an
enthusiastic crowd. At the event, the Adopt-a-Minefield Campaign honored
former International Campaign to Ban Landmines Coordinator and 1997 Nobel
Laureate Jody Williams as well as Landmine Survivors Network founders Jerry
White and Ken Rutherford, Americans who both lost legs to landmines while
traveling abroad. The event succeeded in raising several hundred thousand
dollars for mine clearance efforts.
Posted: Thursday, September 26, 2002
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