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BRIEF PRESENTATION

Project RENEW Coordination Office

103 Nguyen Binh Khiem | Dong Ha City | Quang Tri Provin

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Vietnam war legacies

The US army used approx. 15.35 milliontons of munitions during wartime, 800tons of unexploded ordnance remainscattered.

6,6 million hectares of land confirmed tobe contaminated, accounting for 21 % of

the countrys total area.

42.135 deaths and 62.163 injuries dueto UXO accidents. Most of them havebeen breadwinners and children.

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Quang Tri: Legacy of unexplodedordnance

Quang Tri has the highest UXcontamination level, about 8

Since 1975, the province has7,075 casualties, including 231% of the victims have bee

Collecting war scrap, farminganimals, tampering with UXO

causes of UXO accidents. Most of the victims from pov

families.

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Typical UXO still found in Quang T

Cluster Munitions 40mm Grenades Air-Dropp

Mortar Rounds Rocket Warheads Artillery

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Project RENEW model

MISS

That cluster mlandmines, a

ordnance pidentifiable ris

and are no lobstacle to dev

Quang Tri P

A cooperative program between thegovernment of Quang Tri and internationalNGOs

The first comprehensive and integratedmodel to deal with UXO problem in Vietnam

Focus on building local capacity as perinternational standards

Leverage of existing resources in delivery ofservices in combination with internationaltechnical assistance

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Operational areas

2001: Started in Trieu Phong

2004: Expanded into Hai Lang

2008: Expanded into Cam Lo

2012: Expanded into Dakrong

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Risk Education

Goal: Reinforce public awarenessof the dangers of UXO, encouragecommunities to report UXOsightings as a means of supportingEOD operations

Interventions:

Set up & maintain a

community reporting networkbased on Youth Union andvillage chiefs.

Disseminate safety messageand reporting mechanism tolocals.

Provide UXO information to

EOD teams for removal.

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Victim Assistance

Goal: Build up local emergencyresponse capacity and help improvelivelihoods of UXO victims.

Interventions:

Training first responders includingmedical workers, volunteers andresidents.

Mobile prosthetic and orthoticprogram.

Initiatives to assist UXO victimfamilies to earn extra incomes.

600 first responders trainequipped.

800 survivors received re

225 families raised livesto

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UXO Clearance

Goal:Clearing land to available for developmproviding quick responthreats to ensure peop

Interventions:

Static clearance opelocal priorities.

Quick response rov

Community suppor

Cluster munitions srelease methodolog

Released 600,000 m2 of land forbuilding schools, clinics and communehouses.

Safely removed 16,000 UXOs

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Information Management/Databa

Goal: Establish a database in support ofproject components and furtherdevelopment of provincial mine actioncapacity

Interventions:

Landmine impact survey.

Updated study of UXO survivors &

and their knowledge-attitude-practices toward UXO.

Building an information managementsystem according to intlstandars.

TechBase developed and operated as atool to manage and coordinate projectcomponents.

Sharing with other mine action players.

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Mushrooms-with-a-Mission (MWM

Livelihood assistance program forUXO accident victims anddisadvantaged women, initiatedin 2009.

100 beneficiary families received

tools and knowledge to growhigh-quality mushrooms forsustainable incomes and povertyreduction.

Profits allocated to fund UXOremoval.

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Mine Action Visitor Center

Illustration of the devastation thduring wartime and description and recovery.

Explanation of current efforts toproblem by the government, peinternational NGOs.

An educational facility providingentertaining UXO risk educationyouth and children residing in reareas.

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We thank our donors and partner