2425 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 313, ARLINGTON, VA 22201
PHONE: (703) 243-9200 • FAX: (703) 243-9701
THE MARSHALL LEGACY INSTITUTE
Promoting Hope, Growth and Stability
AT-A-GLANCE
> The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) is a Virginia-based, non-profit, international
humanitarian organization formed in 1997 in the 50th anniversary year of the Marshall Plan. MLI aims to extend the vision of George
C. Marshall by addressing 21st Century challenges to promote hope, growth and prosperity in the developing
world.
> MLI’s current focus is establishing affordable and sustainable indigenous
programs to help severely affected countries rid their land of the
scourge of mines.
> Landmines affect millions of people in 70 countries worldwide. They maim
or kill nearly 20,000 innocent people each year while instilling
fear, denying use of productive land, and impeding social-economic
growth.
> Mines are small, usually buried, often made of plastic, and difficult to
find. Highly trained dogs are among the best detectors of landmines
available in the field today.
> In one day, a human can search 40 square meters of land suspected of mine
contamination, but a dog team may search up to 1,000 square meters
in the same period of time.
> The Humane Society of the United States has cited that explosive-sniffing
dogs are “the quickest and most effective method of identifying
the location of landmines” and its February 2005 issue of Kids in Nature’s Defense highlighted the work of MLI and landmine detection dogs.
> Currently there are nearly 800 dogs “sniffing out” landmines
and saving lives in 26 countries around the world. Hundreds more
of these wonderful dogs are needed to help make a safer world for
children to play, people to work and communities to grow.
> MLI established mine detection dog programs in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia,
Eritrea, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and plans to
provide dogs to Angola, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and perhaps Vietnam in
2006/2007.
> The U.S. Department of State (DoS) highly regards the work of MLI and matches
private funds 3:1 to train local handlers and provide essential infrastructure
so countries can help themselves in freeing their land from the horror
of landmines.
> MLI reaches out to caring global citizens to “sponsor” a mine
detection dog by making a tax-exempt contribution of $20,000 to acquire,
train and deploy a dog to a needy country. Sponsors may name the
dog, receive regular progress reports and visit the beneficiary nation
to see the fruits of their investment.
> MLI’s CHildren Against Mines Program (CHAMPS) fosters a sense of
global citizenship and informs American youth about the plight of
children in mine affected countries. Students have sent mine detection
dogs named, Apollo, Lilo and Wyoming, to help save and improve the lives of chilren in Bosnia and Sri Lanka.
2425 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 313, ARLINGTON, VA 22201
PHONE: (703) 243-9200 • FAX: (703) 243-9701
THE MARSHALL LEGACY INSTITUTE
Promoting Hope, Growth and Stability
AT-A-GLANCE
> The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) is a Virginia-based, non-profit, international humanitarian organization formed in 1997 in the 50th anniversary year of the Marshall Plan. MLI aims to extend the vision of George C. Marshall by addressing 21st Century challenges to promote hope, growth and prosperity in the developing world.
> MLI’s current focus is establishing affordable and sustainable indigenous programs to help severely affected countries rid their land of the scourge of mines.
> Landmines affect millions of people in 70 countries worldwide. They maim or kill nearly 20,000 innocent people each year while instilling fear, denying use of productive land, and impeding social-economic growth.
> Mines are small, usually buried, often made of plastic, and difficult to find. Highly trained dogs are among the best detectors of landmines available in the field today.
> In one day, a human can search 40 square meters of land suspected of mine contamination, but a dog team may search up to 1,000 square meters in the same period of time.
> The Humane Society of the United States has cited that explosive-sniffing dogs are “the quickest and most effective method of identifying the location of landmines” and its February 2005 issue of Kids in Nature’s Defense highlighted the work of MLI and landmine detection dogs.
> Currently there are nearly 800 dogs “sniffing out” landmines and saving lives in 26 countries around the world. Hundreds more of these wonderful dogs are needed to help make a safer world for children to play, people to work and communities to grow.
> MLI established mine detection dog programs in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Eritrea, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and plans to provide dogs to Angola, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and perhaps Vietnam in 2006/2007.
> The U.S. Department of State (DoS) highly regards the work of MLI and matches private funds 3:1 to train local handlers and provide essential infrastructure so countries can help themselves in freeing their land from the horror of landmines.
> MLI reaches out to caring global citizens to “sponsor” a mine detection dog by making a tax-exempt contribution of $20,000 to acquire, train and deploy a dog to a needy country. Sponsors may name the dog, receive regular progress reports and visit the beneficiary nation to see the fruits of their investment.
> MLI’s CHildren Against Mines Program (CHAMPS) fosters a sense of global citizenship and informs American youth about the plight of children in mine affected countries. Students have sent mine detection dogs named, Apollo, Lilo and Wyoming, to help save and improve the lives of chilren in Bosnia and Sri Lanka.
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