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.

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

My parents divorced at a young age - it was a bitter, painful divorce, full of "he said" and "she said." I was sent to go live with my grandparents in the suburbs of Paris while they were hashing out the details of the separation, and ending up living there...

posted 5/3/2008 3:13:37 PM by TedR - Paris, France

Thank you, Jerry, and thanks to everyone who has shared. Over the past four years, I have developed chronic pancreatitis. I had a congenital defect that caused many attacks of acute pancreatitis. Surgery and many invasive procedures likely contributed to my current condition. I had a "Whipple surgery"...

posted 10/26/2008 1:55:49 PM by DianaM - Oak Beach, NY, United States