However difficult, accept the harsh reality about suffering and loss. "A terrible thing happened. It cannot be changed. So now what?"

I Will Not Be Broken

Jerry White, Survivor Corps Founder

Jerry is a recognized leader of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines, and co-founder of Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network). In 1984, Jerry lost his leg—and almost his life—in a landmine accident. He has endured the pain of loss and the challenge of rebuilding. As co-founder of Survivor Corps, Jerry has interviewed thousands of victims of tragedy. With this book, he shares what he—and they—have learned.

How to Help Survivors in Haiti

1/15/2010 9:29:00 AM

Please help survivors in Haiti by donating to International Medical Corps.

IMC’s work delivering primary care to earthquake survivors is especially important because they invest in capacity building of local doctors and medical personnel. As IMC puts it, “This approach of helping people help themselves is critical to returning devastated communities to self-reliance.”

In 2008 Survivor Corps honored IMC doctors in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Niarchos Prize for Survivorship.

I was in a combine accident while farming cotten 5 years ago. In an instant my life was changed. Because I was severely disabled my farm was forclosed on. Today I'm living in Baton Rouge trying to piece my life back together and keep my family fed. I'm enrolled at...

posted 5/6/2008 3:51:25 PM by DanE - Shreveport, LA

My older brother died when I was 13 - he was 17, and had been fighting leukemia. I just remember how sad the entire family was. My father didn't go to work for a while, my mother couldn't get out of bed ... I did a lot of growing up...

posted 5/3/2008 3:58:15 PM by KareemN - Chicago, IL

I lived in New Orleans for 8 years before Katrina. The first question everyone always asks is whether my stuff was ruined. I was able to get much of it back a few months later, but if it had been destroyed there is very little i would miss...

posted 5/5/2008 1:03:21 PM by LibbyM - USA