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Dear Friend,
It's our pleasure to share with you our quarterly newsletter. The issue of March 2011 includes the following features:
Expanding RENEW's reach by leveraging local resources
 Lê Văn Phú, a physician working at Quảng Trị General Hospital, is one of 21 local doctors who were trained by Norwegian doctor Hans Husum on advance life support skills. The training is part of Project RENEW’s cooperation with the Quảng Trị Health Department to improve local medical capacity. Click here to read more.
Cleaning up cluster bombs for residents to build new homes, live in safety
 Lê Đông was gesturing toward the edge of his village.
“This area was littered with so many cluster bombs after 1975,” he said, “that when people came back after the war a lot of casualties occurred while they were farming.” Click here to read more.
Quảng Trị government and HDI sign a five-year agreement to support UXO survivors through "Mushrooms-with-a-Mission"
 An agreement signed on 3 March 2011 will reduce poverty and bring improved living conditions for UXO victim families by expanding a mushroom-growing project in Quảng Trị Province. Click here to read more.
Vietnamese army veteran fought against the U.S., now works with Americans and international advisors to clean up debris of war
 55-year-old Bùi Trọng Hồng retired in 2002 after 30 years in the People’s Army of Vietnam, Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam. He has worked as National Technical Officer for Project RENEW’s EOD teams since 2008. In this interview, he reflected on his years of military duty and dealing with battlefield ordnance, and his more recent civilian service as an expert with several NGO projects. Click here to read more.
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About Project RENEW
A cooperative humanitarian effort
between the Quang Tri Province People's Committee and international
organizations and non-governmental organizations, our goal is to neutralize explosive
remnants of war, protect the environment, and reduce poverty with
long-term, sustainable results. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.landmines.org.vn.
Get involved
Project RENEW currently operates in three of ten districts of Quang Tri Province. With more funding support, we could expand our successful integrated model into all of the remaining districts and extend services to more people. You can join hands in our efforts to clean up deadly debris of war and to assist affected families to rebuild better livelihoods and opportunities for the future.
Donate now
Acknowledgment
Project RENEW would like to thank PM/WRA at
DoS, DoD, Norwegian
People's Aid (NPA), the Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI), the Tromsoe Mine
Victim Resource Center (TMC), UNICEF and other institutional and
individual donors for funding and technical support.
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