{"id":2110,"date":"2026-04-01T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:33:20","slug":"international-day-for-mine-awareness-and-assistance-in-mine-action-april-4th-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=2110","title":{"rendered":"International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action  April 4th, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lend-your-legs-medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"238\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Lend-your-legs-medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2111\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>JOIN WVCBL in Lending Your Leg for a MINE FREE WORLD!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/lyl-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/lyl-2015-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/lyl-2015-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/lyl-2015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/lyl-2015.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>reminds us how far we have come in clearing the world of explosive remnants of war \u2013 and how far we still have to go<\/strong>. More than thirty years ago, civil society activists came together to launch the <strong>International Campaign to Ban Landmines.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lyl19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lyl19-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lyl19-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lyl19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lyl19-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lyl19-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lyl19-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/lyl19.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>JOIN US! FOR&nbsp;<strong>\u201cLend&nbsp;Your&nbsp;Leg\u201d Day. April 4th,&nbsp;encourages people worldwide by a simple but symbolic gesture of rolling up a pant&nbsp;leg&nbsp;to raise awareness about the damage landmines and cluster munitions still cause and show solidarity with all survivors and persons with disabilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HERE IS A VIDEO&nbsp; ABOUT HOW LYL GOT STARTED!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lend Your Leg 2012\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zdJtGWbNT4s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ICBL-CMC works for a world free of landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive remnants of war, where all lives are protected. A world where contaminated land is cleared and returned to local populations for productive use and where the needs of affected communities and survivors are met and their human rights guaranteed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOIN WVCBL in Lending Your Leg for a MINE FREE WORLD! The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action\u00a0reminds us how far we have come in clearing the world of explosive remnants of war \u2013 and how far we still have to go. More than thirty years ago, civil society activists came [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2113,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110\/revisions\/2113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}