Sixth grade students in Wausau, Wisconsin, who are learning about the Vietnam War in the classroom, have begun a project they hope will help protect kids their age in Laos from injury or death resulting from bombs dropped on their homeland some four decades ago. Sue Thompson, a teacher at D.C. Everest Middle School...
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Vietnam Magazine: Students Sell ‘Lollies For Laos’
We reprint a post from, “Ramblingspoon.com”. Here’s Karen Coates’ record of the food that our team’s been eating.
Last month, we spent nine days in the field with Jim Harris’s team in rural Phongsali province. We camped at the local dispensary and showered with cold river water, which was piped uphill to the village. The team hired two young women to cook, clean and launder. Our meals were served communally, outside, on...
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Vientiane Times – “UXO survey reveals victim, accident figures”
From 1964 to 2008, more than 50,000 Lao people were victims of accidents involving unexploded ordnance (UXO), according to the first survey report of the National Regulatory Authority (NRA) for UXO/Mine Action Sector in Laos. NRA representatives, senior officials from government and international organizations, donors and NGO operators gathered at the...
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Wisconsin Public Television introduces viewers to Jim Harris, retired school principal and founder of We Help War Victims.
Click below to view video: Wisconsin Public Television: Jim Harris and We Help War Victims, Inc.
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