January 2003

The Office of Mine Action Initiatives and Partnerships of the U.S. Department of
State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs is pleased to count Global Care Unlimited
among its public-private partners in humanitarian mine action. Since early 2000, the U.S. Department of State and Global Care Unlimited have worked together on
community-based, service-learning mine action projects that productively engage young American students in humanitarian projects to mitigate the threat of landmines to civilians in foreign countries.

To date, select students from Tenafly Middle School in Tenafly, New Jersey,
working under the auspices of their own non-governmental organization - - Global Care Unlimited - - and the general guidance of their teacher, Mr. Mark Hyman, have helped to support the demining of two villages in Bosnia-Herzegovina, hosted an educational mine action conference in Bergen County, and funded job-training for a Nicaraguan landmine survivor in cooperation with the Organization of American States (OAS).
These extraordinary students and their organization have also inspired a key dramatic passage in an episode from the television pilot series, "War Child," directed by Bob Altman and funded by Hallmark Entertainment.

Mr. Hyman and his students are now considering further projects to support the
rehabilitation of landmine survivors in Nicaragua and in the Balkans.

Thanks to the efforts of Mark Hyman and his committed students, we have
learned of the incredible potential for good works in humanitarian mine action and other humanitarian endeavors that lies within the noble young hearts of middle school
students throughout the United States. We look forward to further collaborative efforts in mine action with Mr. Hyman and the students of Global Care Unlimited. We also
commend their initiative as a model that may be emulated by upper elementary, middle school, high school and college students in the United States and other countries.

Sincerely,

James F. Lawrence
Director
Office of Mine Action Initiatives and Partnerships
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
U.S. Department of State