Night of a Thousand Dinner: Cook for Cartagena!

It's that special time again to join the global community by hosting your very own Night of a Thousand Dinners® (N1KD) Event. N1KD is an annual initiative that brings thousands of individuals together to raise awareness and funds for minefield clearance and suvivor assistance. 2009 is a special year for UNA's Adopt-A-Minefield(AAM) Campaign as it marks the 10th anniversary of the Campaign as week as the Mine Ban Treaty. As planned and in alignment with the 10th anniversary, UNA-USA will successfully cross the finish line and conclude its Adope-A-Minefield Campaign on December 31, 2009.

There are lots of reasons to celebrate! UNA-USA is very proud of AAM's accomplishments over the past ten years, accomplishments that were only made possible because of the unfaultering support of our doners, UNA chapters, friends and advocates around the world. Together, we have raised over $26 million for mine action, cleared over 1,000 minefields, and helped thousands of suvivors regain their lives. Globally, the landmine casualty rate fell to 5,000 down form 25,000 when we first started. And, 156 countries have signed the Mine Ban Treaty-that's 80% of the world's nations! Only two countries used landmines last year-rather than the previously widespread use in over 80 countries.

To celebrate our final year, we made N1KD a bit different. This year, in an effort to galvanize massive action for the 10th Anniversary of the Treaty, these dinners will not occur on a single night – or even over a month. Instead, N1KD events will be hosted from March 1 until December 4, when world leaders meet in Cartagena, Colombia to review the progress made over the last 10 years of the Mine Ban Treaty.

Now more than ever we need you by our side. Please help us finish out the last year of AAM with the greatest show of support yet. Click here to register to host your own dinner or to donate, and help the world fulfill one of the most important disarmament treaties in history.

Here’s to a world free of landmines!