Veterans For America

Programs: VVAF implements POST-CONFLICT REHABILITATION PROGRAMS in Angola, Ethiopia, Cambodia, and Vietnam and supports rehabilitation and disability programs throughout Central America and Sub-Saharan Africa. Thousands of people who suffer from disabilities caused by war or debilitating diseases such as polio and clubfoot benefit every year from artificial limbs, braces and wheelchairs produced at VVAF clinics. In addition, patients are enrolled in physical therapy sessions where they develop the strength, flexibility, and skills to become mobile again. VVAF's community follow-up and outreach teams bring assistance to people where they live. Through the creation of self-help groups and the implementation of sports and recreation activities through our Sports for Life initiative, people develop the confidence, skills, and social networks necessary to become active participants in their societies. And War Kids Relief aims to help the children of Iraq rebound and recover from the disruptive effects of war and give them hope for a better future than the one they would face otherwise.

In addition, VVAF's INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND MINE ACTION PROGRAMS (iMMAP) is conducting work in post-conflict countries, including Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to evaluate the impact of landmines and provide technical assistance to coordinate information necessary for relief and development. Further, VVAF is conducting a comprehensive national survey in Vietnam to assess the impact of landmines and unexploded ordnance that have beset the country and its people since the U.S.-Vietnam War.

Finally, VVAF's NUCLEAR THREAT REDUCTION CAMPAIGN (NTRC) educates and mobilizes key constituencies to advance U.S. public policy on a bipartisan basis that reduces the threats posed by nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.