Project RENEW established a mobile outreach program to provide prostheses, orthotics and education to explosive remnants of war survivors in the remote communities of Vietnam. According to a 2014 report compiled by Vietnam’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social...
Another beneficiary of the P&O Program, Nguyen Thuc Sinh, also fitted for a new prosthetic limb, was born in 1959. Like Hai, Sinh had the misfortune of detonating a landmine while reclaiming land for farming. In...
Project RENEW is seeking a qualified, capable and enthusiastic Vietnamese national candidate for the position of Mine Risk Education (MRE) Program Assistant. The post holder will be based in Project RENEW Office in Dong Ha, Quang Tri. Responsibilities Effectively...
Hai Lang District, Quang Tri Province – 30 October 2015 The O Lau River flows through Hai Lang District in Quang Tri Province. Along its banks is historic Luong Dien Village, one of the oldest villages in the province....
Hai Lang, Trieu Phong Districts, Quang Tri (22 October 2015) On Tuesday local Quang Tri residents made two urgent phone calls to Project RENEW’s hotline to report their discovery of wartime ordnance, and to ask for assistance. 35-year-old Hoang...
Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh. Eight months ago Ms. Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh was promoted to Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) Operations Manager at Project RENEW in Quang Tri Province. The 32-year-old is the first woman...
Trieu Phong, Quang Tri Province (10 September 2015) – On the road that leads to Ai Tu Village of Trieu Ai Commune, a man is hurrying home on his three-wheel bike. He has finished tending his cows, and now he’s...
23-year-old Tran Van Du was digging holes to prepare for planting acacia seedlings when his hoe hit an unidentified item of ordnance that detonated, shredding the blade of his hoe and causing a two-centimeter cut to his left leg...
Cam Lo, Quang Tri (18 August 2015): On Monday this week, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, His Excellency Mr. Ted Osius and staff from the Embassy in Hanoi visited Project RENEW’s Cluster Munitions Remnants Survey (CMRS) operations in Quang Tri Province....
Forty-three years passed, and the thought that the big bomb might detonate as the time went on still weighed heavily on Vu’s mind. Several metal collectors had even asked him to show them the bomb’s location so that they...
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