Inmeriz García Hernández
I lost my right hand and some of the bone in my left foot to a landmine. I was picking coffee in El Paraíso, Honduras to make some extra money when I stepped on the landmine. When I woke up I was in the hospital.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Ramón Peralta Aguierre
I lost both of my legs when I stepped on a landmine in Nueva Segovia, in Northern Nicaragua. I was 25 years old at the time of my accident.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Francisco Ramírez Pérez
I was walking on my coffee farm, cutting down trees to clear more land for planting when my machete hit the mine. They had to amputate my right hand.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Walter Marenco
I stepped on a landmine when I was walking along the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They had to amputate my right leg. I was crossing the border while helping a friend on his coffee farm.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Santos Plutarco
I stepped on a landmine and lost my left leg while harvesting coffee in El Paraiso, Honduras. I was working as a coffee picker to make some extra money.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Jose Guadalupe Ponce Ponce
I stepped on a landmine and lost my right leg when I was 9 years old. I was with my father picking coffee in our community of El Paraiso, Honduras.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Eduardo Espinal
When I was 13 I was playing with my younger brother and cousin in San Rafael, Honduras when I stepped on a mine. I was the only survivor. I lost both of my legs.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Boanerges Blandon Corcomo
I would like to continue to grow coffee, and need to make improvements to my farm.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Cesar Nortiel Maradiaga
I knew that there were landmines in the area.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Félix Gonzáles Moreno
I lost my leg, and my vision to a landmine.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Horacio Acuña Herrera
I was in the woods behind my house collecting firewood when
I stepped on a landmine.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Juan Domingo Jiménez Rivera
I was injured and disabled by a landmine in the coffee region around
Jinotega, Nicaragua.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
María Elsa Chaverria
I was injured when the bus I was riding in hit an anti-tank mine.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Miguel Angel Alaniz
I was injured during the war, and still have pieces of a landmine in my chest and back.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Pedro Jerónimo Duarte Amador
I lost my leg, and the foot from my other leg when I fell on a landmine during the war.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Rafael Blandón Mairena
I work as a day laborer on a coffee plantation, but I have trouble working because
of injuries from a landmine.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Socorro del Carmen Varela
I was taking a bus to visit my sister when it ran over an anti-tank mine.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Lorenzo Alfredo Flores Ferrufino
I was walking to pick coffee when a mine exploded and injured my leg.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Elsa Marina Cálix
I was working with my parents, picking coffee, when I stepped on a
landmine.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
German Andino López
I was walking home when I stepped on a landmine. It was a path I
had walked many times before.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Juan Gonzalo Rayo
I was injured on my way to work, and lost half of my lower leg.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Pedro Pablo Ramírez Marín
I lost my leg to a landmine on April 13, 1993 while picking coffee during the
harvest season.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Silvio Aguilar
I stepped on a landmine on my farm. At first, I didn't realize what
had happened.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
Víctor Manuel Ferrufino
I was in the fields, herding cows, when I stepped on a landmine.
Micro-Grant Awarded!
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