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Mine Action Activities

Our accomplishments to 12/31/11
534.35 acres of lands cleared
63,343+ ordnance items removed
41,927+ trees planted

Our teams accomplished the following in December 2011:

Total number of collected ordnances: 716
Total number of deployments: 52
Total area detected (square meters): 20,635m2

EOD Team 1 works in Huong Hoa District, clearing in the communes of Thuan, Tan Long, Tan Thanh, Tan Hop, Tan Lien and Keh Sahn, Lao Bao Townships.

EOD Team 2 works in Dakrong District, focusing their clearance in the Ba Long Commune.


EOD team removing an unexploded ordnance

 

Landmines &
Unexploded Ordnance Clearance

PeaceTrees Vietnam sponsors the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Quang Tri Province as a means of realizing the mission to reverse the legacy of war. The people of Vietnam have been clearing contaminated land for over 35 years.


Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team to be Established in Quang Binh Province
In November of 2010, PeaceTrees Vietnam formed a partnership with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) to establish and fund an explosive ordnance disposal team in Quang Binh Province.

The partnership between VVMF and PeaceTrees will take place over the next year, with VVMF pledging more than $280,000 to fund EOD teams that will be assembled and supervised by PeaceTrees. VVMF is using funding provided by Congress for this project.

For more information, please read our
press release.


During the past six years, the U.S. Department of State has provided major support for our de-mining work, awarding generous grants totaling more than a million USD to mobilize the Quang Tri humanitarian demining team and then add an additional EOD Mobile Response Team. 

 

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