Donation of goats brings new opportunities for ethnic minority families still facing problems caused by UXO accidents
The 2015 donation from UP is part of the organization’s multiyear commitment to RENEW to provide cattle for ethnic minorities affected by UXO in Quang Tri Province. In 2013, seven UP members stayed in Dong Ha working on a...
Project RENEW’s Prosthetics and Orthotics Mobile Outreach Program
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...
A second chance at mobility for those who lost limbs from UXO accidents: RENEW’s Prosthetics and Orthotics Mobile Outreach effort
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...
Job announcement: Program Assistant
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...
Cluster bomb is safely destroyed so construction of a new clan temple in Quang Tri Province can continue
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....
Two UXO call-ins from local people lead RENEW teams to dangerous munitions caches left from the war
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...
Young woman, big responsibility: She manages 160 deminers and support staff who clean up cluster bombs and other explosives in Quang Tri Province
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...
A Triple Amputee Who Overcame Tragedy And Built A New Life
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...
Mine Action Alert: Young man injured by wartime ordnance explosion near former U.S. firebase Fuller
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...
US Ambassador to Vietnam visits Project RENEW’s Cluster Munition Remnants Survey operations
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....
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