Project RENEW Awarded Asia Pacific Mediation Forum ‘Peace Prize’ for 2017
Project RENEW was recipient of the annual “Peace Prize” awarded by the Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum (APMF) at APMF’s annual meeting held this weekend, in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference held in Da Nang.
Quang Tri Province Governor and Project RENEW Work With The US Department of State And Senate Offices To Address The Consequences Of The War
Washington, DC, USA (31 October 2017) – A delegation from Quang Tri Province led by Governor Nguyen Duc Chinh has had working meetings in Washington, DC with officials of the US Department of State and US Senate staff about...
RENEW And Local Partners Meet To Share And Discuss Disability Support Activities
Dong Ha, Quang Tri (30 September 2017) - Project RENEW's Victim Assistance Program today held a meeting on information and discussion of disability support activities with its local partners in Quang Tri Province.
Mine Action Alert: First Quang Tri Accident In 2017 Results In Minor Injury When Mortar Round Explodes At Mechanical Workshop
A mechanic narrowly escaped serious injury from a mortar fragment in an explosion at his workshop on Sunday. The explosion, which occurred around 4:30 p.m., shook the entire coastal village of Trung An in Hai Khe Village, Hai Lang...
Knowing Their Rights And Obligations, Disabled Persons Gain New Confidence And Independence
"Because of my parents' prejudice that a disabled girl could not get married, “ said Nguyen Thi Khiem, “it took me more than eight years to marry the man I fell in love with." Visually-impaired, Ms. Khiem is a...
U.S. 750-lb. Bomb Found in Rice Paddy Near Cua Viet Beach
RENEW-NPA teams today safely destroyed a U.S. 750-pound bomb found in a rice paddy in Ha Tay Village of Trieu An Commune, about one km from Cua Viet port, formerly a logistics and support base for U.S. Marine units...
Eldest Son Of Team Leader Who Died In Cluster Bomb Explosion Carries On His Father’s Good Work
One year after a tragic accident took the life of our most experienced team leader, Ngo Thien Khiet, his eldest son, Ngo Thien Hoang, now works as a non-technical surveyor for Project RENEW and Norwegian People’s Aid. Here...
Villagers Find U.S. Navy Shells While Digging Fish Pond
Our teams on Tuesday safely destroyed two U.S. Navy shells, each of them weighed over 200 pounds, in the central demolition site in Trieu Phong District. Earlier, villagers of Thuy Khe in Gio My Commune, near the former demarcation...
Safe Disposal Of A 750-Pound Bomb Found By Metal Collectors
Trieu Phong, Quang Tri (04 May 2017) – A U.S.-made air-dropped 750-pound bomb was safely destroyed today by RENEW-NPA teams at the disposal site in Linh An Village of Trieu Trach Commune. Despite working on an extraordinarily hot day –...
RENEW Launched Community-based Mine Risk Education For Children In Huong Hoa District
Khe Sanh, Quang Tri (21 April 2017) — More than 40 students from the primary school of Tan Long Commune, Huong Hoa District have recently experienced a lively and entertaining extra-curriculum activity at the former Ta Con Airstrip in...
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