Hearts and Mines: A documentary on the work of Clear Path International
All of us at Clear Path are thrilled to see the new trailer for HEARTS AND MINES the documentary by Dr. Joan Widdifield, a long-time CPI supporter. Hearts and Mines follows the CPI Vietnam staff as they work with landmine and bomb accident survivors and their families.
YouTube: Thank you, Martha!
This video was shown on the 10th anniversary Celebration of Martha Hathaway's work with landmine and bomb survivors in Vietnam, Cambodia, Afghanistan and the Thai-Burma border.
One Swift, Powerful Kick Through the Uprights
We are savoring the rainy interlude here in Hue that allows for a bit of catch up on email, journaling, and musing. Yesterday, we travelled from Da Nang to Hue via a detour to the old city of Hoi An....
Great News from Vietnam
Chi posted yesterday a video of our 14 year old friend Nghia walking. I first wrote about Nghia on this blog in March of 2005. He was injured by a bomb left over from the US-Vietnam War while I was...
Boy Who Lost Legs Gets on His Feet
Ho Van Nghia, a 13-year old boy in Hue city, Viet Nam lost his legs and a hand in an UXO accident in March 2005. After going through long term treatments and rehabilitation, he now can get back on his...
Nghia's Making a Steady Recovery!
Toan posts this story from the field about the progress of our young friend, Nghia. You can read more about Nghia here. One day in August 2005, I received a phone call from the Medical Liaison in Hue informed that...
The Group Visits Nghia and the CPI School
Wolfgang Brolley is travelling with CPI co-founder Imbert Matthee and visiting CPI project sites in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand This morning we had the pleasure and pain of visiting brave Nghia ~the young lad that has lost both feet and...
Vietnam War's Painful Legacy
I have written a lot here about the young boy, Nghia, who found a bomb in Vietnam and lost his lower legs and one arm while tampering with it in March. The San Jose Mercury News has written about him...
UPDATE: Video of Nghia at Home
When I was in Vietnam a month ago, I wrote of a sweet, young boy who had found a piece of ordnance and tampered with it. The result was that he lost two legs and an arm... Our phenomenal staff...
Update: Injured Boy, Nghia, Returns Home
Just before I left Vietnam on my most recent trip, there was a terrible accident involving a young boy named Nghia (see posts here and here). Nghia had found a piece of ordnance and was tampering with it to get...
Why I am Here
This entry was originally written for Tom Peters' blog at www.tompeters.com. Here is my post to Tom's blog: As I mentioned in my last post, I am in Quang Tri Province in Central Vietnam. This region received the heaviest sustained...
