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In 2009 the United States contributed US$118,703,831 to 29 countries and four other areas for clearance, victim assistance, risk education, and to three institutions engaged in victim assistance activities globally. Eight of the recipients each received at least $4.5 million. This represents a 40% increase in support from 2008.
Afghanistan and Iraq received the largest US contributions, and together they constituted 43% of US funding in 2009.
The US was the largest victim assistance donor in 2009 with a contribution of $10,934,345 to 13 countries, the ICRC, the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), and the US-based NGO, Motivation. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund provided almost $7 million of the contributions for victim assistance.
Contributions by recipient: 2009[1]
|
Recipient |
Sector |
Amount ($) |
|
Afghanistan |
Clearance, victim assistance |
28,370,000 |
|
Iraq |
Clearance, victim assistance, risk education |
22,210,000 |
|
Angola |
Clearance |
8,163,494 |
|
Sri Lanka |
Clearance |
6,600,000 |
|
Lebanon |
Clearance, victim assistance |
6,241,672 |
|
Cambodia |
Clearance, victim assistance, risk education |
5,520,948 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Clearance |
4,981,000 |
|
Sudan |
Clearance, risk education |
4,599,964 |
|
Croatia |
Clearance, risk education |
3,460,000 |
|
Colombia |
Clearance, victim assistance, risk education |
3,258,163 |
|
Vietnam |
Clearance, victim assistance |
2,725,624 |
|
ICRC, ISPO, Motivation |
Victim assistance |
2,463,288 |
|
Lao PDR |
Clearance, victim assistance |
2,392,715 |
|
Peru |
Clearance, victim assistance |
2,184,000 |
|
Mozambique |
Clearance |
2,124,000 |
|
Jordan |
Clearance, risk education |
1,970,000 |
|
Albania |
Clearance, victim assistance, risk education |
1,498,643 |
|
Abkhazia |
Clearance |
1,318,710 |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
Clearance |
1,318,000 |
|
Ethiopia |
Victim assistance |
1,000,000 |
|
Nagorno Karabakh |
Clearance |
1,000,000 |
|
Serbia |
Clearance |
1,000,000 |
|
Somalia |
Clearance |
762,600 |
|
Somaliland |
Clearance |
759,962 |
|
Yemen |
Clearance, victim assistance |
600,000 |
|
Azerbaijan |
Clearance |
483,000 |
|
Senegal |
Clearance, risk education |
362,250 |
|
Philippines |
Victim assistance |
313,375 |
|
Nicaragua |
Clearance, victim assistance |
288,061 |
|
Kosovo |
Clearance, risk education |
261,000 |
|
Macedonia |
Clearance |
200,000 |
|
Georgia |
Clearance |
168,362 |
|
Palau |
Clearance |
85,000 |
|
Montenegro |
Clearance |
20,000 |
|
Total |
|
118,703,831 |
Contributions by thematic sector: 2009[2]
|
Sector |
Amount ($) |
% of contribution |
|
Clearance |
105,327,438 |
89% |
|
Victim assistance |
10,934,345 |
9% |
|
Risk education |
2,442,048 |
2% |
|
Total |
118,703,831 |
100% |
USAID Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund: 2009[3]
|
Recipient |
Amount ($) |
|
Colombia |
1,183,031 |
|
Vietnam |
1,018,161 |
|
ISPO |
1,012,824 |
|
ICRC |
1,000,000 |
|
Ethiopia |
1,000,000 |
|
Lebanon |
800,000 |
|
Motivation |
450,464 |
|
Philippines |
313,375 |
|
Lao PDR |
140,000 |
|
Total |
6,917,855 |
Summary of contributions: 2005–2009[4]
|
Year |
Amount ($ million) |
% change from previous year |
|
2009 |
118.70 |
+40% |
|
2008 |
85.00 |
+22% |
|
2007 |
69.80 |
-26% |
|
2006 |
94.50 |
+15% |
|
2005 |
81.90 |
N/A |
|
Total |
449.90 |
|
N/A= Not applicable
[1] US Department of State, “To Walk the Earth in Safety 2010,” Washington, DC, July 2010; Cleared Ground Demining, “Republic of Palau Project,” www.clearedground.org; email from Arben Braha, Director, Albania Mine Action Executive, 16 April 2010; email from Camilo Serna Villegas, Operations Coordinator, Colombian Campaign against Mines, 28 July 2010; and email from Cathy Savino, Contract Administrator, USAID Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund, 7 July 2010.
[2] Contributions for 2009 are for the 1 September 2008 to 30 October 2009 US fiscal year.
[3] USAID, “Leahy War Victims Fund,” www.usaid.gov.
[4] See Landmine Monitor Report 2009, p. 84.
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