We Help War Victims » UXO in Laos http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org Donations save lives and limbs. Sat, 27 Jul 2024 01:50:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Project Sekong 2013: A Young Accident Victim Gets To Personally Share His Story With Secretary Clinton http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/2013/02/project-sekong-2013/ http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/2013/02/project-sekong-2013/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:16:22 +0000 http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/?p=3771

This young man from Vang Vieng lost both hands and both eyes in an accident with a cluster bomblet. When I last spoke with him, last April I assurred him that I would share his story with people in America and attempt to get more help for Laos so more unexploded ordnance can be removed. I told him that his story would bring help so other young people will be spared the pain and suffering that he endures. Imagine my surprise when I learned that on her recent visit to Laos then Secretary of State Hilary Clinton met this young man. He was able to share his story and make a personal appeal for more assistance in the removal of old American ordnance.


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]]> http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/2013/02/project-sekong-2013/feed/ 0 Unexploded Ordnance in Laos: A Deadly Legacy of War http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/2007/01/unexploded-ordnance-in-laos-a-deadly-legacy-of-war/ http://www.wehelpwarvictims.org/2007/01/unexploded-ordnance-in-laos-a-deadly-legacy-of-war/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:08:40 +0000 http://madroad.com/whwv/?p=119

An unexploded rocket found buried in the dirt in a residential village.

Laos is the most heavily bombed country in the world.  During the Indochina War, American planes flew 580,000 bomb runs over Laos and dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs, including over 200 million cluster bomblets.  Today, as many as 27 million bomblets remain.  Since the war ended, more than 40,000 Lao people have been killed or injured by old ordnance.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION SLIDESHOW COMING SOON

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