Good News, Bad News For Mine Clearance In Countries Where Clear Path International Has Assistance Programs

Although increased funding and fewer casualties were reported in 2006, many countries are not on course to meet their Mine Ban Treaty clearance obligations, says a new report from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

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.

Senator Leahy Honors Clear Path | Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion Perform to a Sold Out Crowd

Jody Riggs: Burma’s situation is real!

This is not history! That is what continues to ring in my head. My name is Jody Riggs and I am a student prosthetist from Canada. The atrocities that I am reading about and the repercussions that I am witnessing are current events, happening just over those hills and across the Moei or the Salween river in Burma.

Traveling to the Clear Path International Vocational Skills Training Site for Landmine Survivors in Battambang Cambodia

I don't know that I will ever get tired of staring at the distinct shade of green specific to a crop of rice. If I worked for Crayola, I would make a crayon and call it "rice". It would be the best green ever.

Flickr: Children of War Photo Pool

From war zones all over the world, the images show children acting like children (or trying to) while the adults around them act like monsters.

Lobke's Story: It All Began Last Year

When I encountered many amputees (mostly landmine or UXO victims) in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, the picture couldn’t be much clearer. I wanted to work with landmine accident survivors. That was what I wanted to do. And that was exactly what I was going to do.

Clear Path YouTube Video Reaches 10000 Views

We produced this 7 minute video a few years ago with NPR's Corey Flintoff as narrator and the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart donating the music.

Remnants of War: Sara Smits in Syracuse University Magazine

"I’m fueled by the memories and knowing there are people who are struggling with the issues surrounding landmines.” She finds purpose in her research and does speaking engagements to raise funds for Clear Path. “They do amazing work,” Smits says. “I want to somehow give back to the people who gave me so much information and so much inspiration.”

Welcome to Phnom Penh - I blame Imbert for this!

I’ve been a huge fan of CPI since I was introduced to them a few years earlier, always admiring the work they do. Still, I am not unconvinced that Imbert hasn’t cast some magical spell on me as well.

Radio Show Highlights Plight of Burmese Refugees

The show is called "Kawthoolei," an audio odyssey into the troubled border region between Thailand and Burma. It's part of the "Outer Voices" project documenting the critical work of women in six places around the world.

War Torn El Salvador On the Mend

There are reminders of El Salvador’s recent instability. Every office, store, hotel, restaurant and bank in San Miguel has armed guards with pump-action shotguns, revolvers or Uzis.

And Then There's The Coup...

CPI volunteer Lobke Dijkstra writes about the changes for foreigners in Thailand and how they will affect how volunteers can work along the Thailand - Myanmar border... a place that relies on volunteers to serve refugees escaping Myanmar.

'After the War…the Killing Continues' Photo Exhibit on Bainbridge Island, WA

Photojournalist Erin Fredrichs accompanied a small group from Clear Path International on a three-week tour of its landmine survivor assistance programs in Southeast Asia last year. The compelling and deeply moving photographs Fredrichs took are now on display at Grace Episcopal Church on Bainbridge Island, Washington (near Seattle) through mid October. The pictures are a selection from Fredrich’s Master’s thesis project, “After the War…the Killing Continues,” towards her degree at Ohio University.

Clear Path International Introduces Hippos to Cambodia

The hippo never was indigenous to Cambodia. As far as we can tell from our natural history research, the large slick round animal comes from Africa. But that didn't stop us from introducing it to the young patients at the...

Kabul, Afghanistan Photos Posted to Flickr

Clear Path International's executive director Martha Hathaway and board member and co-founder Kristen Leadem just returned from a trip to Kabul, Afghnaistan. They were there on a fact findng trip for the US Dept of State's Office of Weapons Removal...

Clear Path International's First Study Trip to Laos

Ever since James, Martha, Kristen and I started Clear Path International nearly six years ago, I have wanted to go to Laos. Now I finally had a chance to do so, as we sandwiched three days in between our project...

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....

CPI Canada Director Reaches Vietnam

Hi, My name is Lori and this is my first trip with CPI as Director of Canada Chapter visiting some of the project sites in Asia. Below are my experiences / accounts about this trip as I travel from North...

Norwich University Blogs From Vietnam

Hello Norwich administration, alumni, friends and family. This is Evan George, a sophomore in the Corps of Cadets at Norwich University. I am writing to you from the beautiful city of Hue, Viet Nam. I can not even think...

Touring the Heavily Bombed Province of Quang Binh Vietnam

Yesterday, we packed up the Patrol and headed to Quang Binh Province for a site visit with one of the Clear Path beneficiaries and to have a meeting with a partner NGO. Quang Binh Province neighbors Quang Tri Province to...

Joan Widdifield and Friends Reach Vietnam

CPI Advisory Board member Joan Widdifield is traveling in Vietnam with a group of CPI supporters and filming her experiences. After being delayed in Taiwan, they arrived this week. We landed in Taiwan prepared to wait for our connecting flight...

Johnson State Trip Slideshow

The Johnson State College pictures can be viewed as a slideshow here. As new photos are sent in they will be added to the presentation....

January Cambodia and Vietnam Trip

I will be taking a small group to Vietnam and Cambodia in January of 2006. We will be visiting Clear Path project sites and doing some sight seeing as well. The pricing is not yet worked out, but if you...

Phnom Penh: A Chrome Horse and a Diplomat

I just arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia last night to a warm welcome from my good friend Sarath from Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development (CVCD). CVCD is our implementing partner for landmine survivor vocational skills training in rural Cambodia. It...