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 born with a partially unformed lower leg on the left side - the doctors immediately amputated the stub at birth. I got my first prosthetic leg before my first birthday, but by the time I was in elementary school I was able to ride and bike and...

posted 5/3/2008 4:12:18 PM by MattA - Buffalo, NY

I was born in Cuba, as was my entire extended family. They're all still there - I'm the only member of my family who made it to the United States. When I was very young, my father fashioned an old car into a floating raft that held 20 of...

posted 5/6/2008 4:09:50 PM by AlejandroA - Miami, FL

Dear Jerry, Mine is not a story of devastation, but one of surviving a lifetime of challenges which have eaten away at the fabric of who I am. As a very brief background; I grew up as the daughter of a kind and gentle army officer (who was often...

posted 8/16/2008 8:38:44 AM by JuliaQ - Phoenix, AZ