Happy Holidays from the Project RENEW Team
As 2018 is going to close in a couple of weeks from now, we at Project RENEW would like to take a moment to thank you for your continuing support during the past year. We are happy to share...
Restoring Hope through Recovery and Opportunity: Project RENEW Stands by People with Disabilities
Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, an annual observance to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. On this Day, we look back upon...
Forest Harvester Reported 750-pound Bomb on Acacia Plantation in Hai Lang District
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams managed by NPA-Project RENEW on Wednesday, 28 November 2018, safely destroyed a 750-pound U.S. aircraft bomb at their Central Demolition Site in Hai Que Commune. It was identified an air-dropped general purpose bomb, M117...
Battle Area Clearance Teams Deployed to Clean Up a Hazardous Area near My Thuy Beach
Since 9 October 2018, two BAC teams have been deployed to Thuan Dau Village of Hai An Commune to clear a 500,000-square-meter Confirmed Hazardous Area that our Technical Survey teams had previously defined in the village.
Workers Report Cache of Unexploded Munitions Unearthed at Construction Site near Thach Han River
Our EOD team on Thursday safely removed 590 pieces of Unexploded Ordance from a construction site on the southern bank of Thach Han River.
NPA-RENEW Deploy Additional Field Teams to UXO Survey and Clearance
This addition of human resources will increase NPA-RENEW human assets in Quang Tri Province up to 32 teams made up with 1 Non-Technical Survey team, 25 Technical Survey teams, 4 Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams, and 2 BAC teams.
UK Provides Additional Funding to UXO Survey and Clearance in Quang Tri
Dong Ha, Quang Tri (28 September 2018) — The signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) today between the Quang Tri Province People’s Committee (PPC), Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), and Mines Advisory Group (MAG), in a ceremony in Dong...
RENEW Joins Workshop to Introduce Quang Tri’s Mine Action Work to Quang Ngai Province
Quang Ngai Province (21 September 2018) – Project RENEW joined with Quang Tri Province Legacy of War Coordination Center (LWCC) and Quang Ngai Province Red Cross Association to introduce the mine action model of Quang Tri Province in a...
Villagers Feel Assured with Technical Survey Teams at Work to Define Contaminated Land
For four decades, Trieu Hoa Commune residents have lived anxiously with cluster munitions remained in their rice fields. The lingering fear is now over.
Under Secretary of State Andrea L. Thompson Visits UXO Survey and Clearance Efforts in Quang Tri
Trieu Phong, Quang Tri (16 August 2018) -- As part of her working trip to Vietnam, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Andrea L. Thompson visited Quang Tri Province today to review U.S. funded efforts...