Action on Armed Violence

Action on Armed Violence (formerly Landmine Action) "is a not-for-profit organisation committed to good governance and the development of civil society through the promotion of international humanitarian law, the relief of poverty and the empowerment of communities marginalised by conflict."

Staff and Board
Accessed February 2008:


 * Aroop Bhattasali - Finance Manager
 * Simon Conway - Director
 * Rob Deere - Operations Manager
 * David Elliott - Programme Manager - Liberia
 * Melissa Fuerth - Desk Officer (UK) - Liberia and Guinea Bissau
 * Artyom Harutyunyan - Technical Advisor - Western Sahara
 * Jade Miles-Harrison - Administrator
 * Cameron Milne - Overseas Project Officer/Mechanic
 * Aslan Mintaev - Technical Advisor
 * Richard Moyes - Policy and Research Manager
 * Umbreen Lalljee - Finance Assistant
 * Ahmed Mohamed Sidi Ali - Deputy Programme Manager - Western Sahara
 * Portia Stratton - Policy and Research Officer
 * Mikaela Wallinder - Desk Officer (UK) - Western Sahara

Directors
 * Andy Burn (Treasurer)
 * Clare Crawford (Co-Chairman)
 * Olivia Dix
 * Malcolm Harper
 * Anna Macdonald
 * Kate Moore
 * Malcolm Rodgers (Co-Chairman)
 * Christian Ruge
 * Quincy Whitaker

Funders
Accessed February 2008:


 * Barrow Cadbury Trust
 * CAFOD
 * Comic Relief
 * Community Fund
 * Co-operative Bank
 * Department for International Development, UK
 * Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
 * Edward Cadbury Trust
 * European Commission
 * Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
 * International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
 * Jersey Overseas Aid Commission
 * JH Burge Trust
 * Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Austria
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ireland
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden
 * Oxfam GB
 * Rausing Trust
 * Tolkien Trust
 * United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
 * United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
 * United States Department of State

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Landmine Eradication APPG
 * Medact
 * David Hillman - former campaign director