April 29, 2005
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...
April 27, 2005
Dark Star Crashes: The Passing of Scott Larned
I just learned that the keyboardist for Dark Star Orchestra, Scott Larned, died of a heart attack this weekend. Scott was a friend of our treasurer Francesca Thompson and he was so kind in helping us get Dark Star Orchestra...
April 27, 2005
Despite 30 Years of Peace between US and Vietnam War Isn’t Over For Everyone
Despite 30 Years of Peace between US and Vietnam War Isn’t Over For Everyone Unexploded Ordnance Continues to Kill & Maim In Central Vietnam On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the end of the war in Vietnam, Clear...
April 25, 2005
Cambodia Landmine History
Chanthon is CPI's Cambodia Rep and he sends this in from Phnom Penh! Cambodia, home to 10 million people and the fabled Angkor Wat temple, is also “home” to millions of landmines. War has injured the country socially, culturally and...
April 24, 2005
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...
April 20, 2005
Cluster Bomb Kills Man in Vietnam: Video
Two days ago on April 18 in Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province Vietnam, 24 year old Nguyen Van Chung was hunting for scrap metal. He accidentally uncovered a piece of ordnance with his hoe and was killed almost immediately from...
April 19, 2005
Senator Leahy On The Loss Of Marla Ruzicka
Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Death Of Marla Ruzicka...
April 17, 2005
One of Us: The Death of Marla Ruzicka
CNN.com - Humanitarian group founder killed in Iraq - Apr 17, 2005 About a year ago I was in Thailand waiting for my contact to arrive at my hotel to take me to a CPI project site on the Thai-Burma...
April 14, 2005
Turtles Can Fly: The Children of War
The following is posted by longtime CPI advisor, and movie critic, Dr. Joan Widdifield. "Turtles Can Fly" Director: Bahman Ghobadi Running Time: 95 minutes Language: Kurdish 2004 The 1974 documentary "Hearts & Minds" released at the end of the...
April 12, 2005
Benefit Concert in Northern Vermont
APRIL 21st THE LONG TRAIL TAVERN, Johnson VT The Ghosts of Pasha will be performing with The Mud City Ramblers To Benefit Johnson State College's Breakway trip to Vietnam!...
April 12, 2005
Landmine Commercial Controversy
Recently there has been a lot of media buzz around a commercial put out by the U.N. Mine Action Service. If you have not seen the ad, it involves a typical American, middle class, suburban scene. Two girls soccer teams...
April 10, 2005
Landmine Monitor 2004 Report on UXO in Vietnam
Was just reading this to send to a reporter and thought I would share it here. This comes from the LANDMINE MONITOR's online edition. Vietnam, Landmine Monitor Report 2004 Vietnam is heavily contaminated with unexploded ordnance from the conflict in...
April 07, 2005
Notes from the Field: A Filmmaker's View
April 6th, 2005 Notes from the Field: Vietnam Here’s the deal. We’re shooting a film titled BOMBHUNTERS, that examines the effects of UXO contamination on vulnerable populations in Cambodia and Vietnam. We’ve spent four and a half months shooting throughout...
April 07, 2005
CPI Executive Director Honored
Congratulations to Martha Hathaway our Executive Director, who was honored by the Governor and Vermont colleges. The story is here. Our thanks to our friends at Johnson State College!...
April 04, 2005
Near Tragedy at Home
This site is dedicated to assisting civilian victims of war in Southeast Asia. Last night, though, I had such a dramatic experience that I think it is appropriate to go off topic. My wife took a call late last night...
April 02, 2005
Bloggers: We need your Help!
Hey fellow bloggers... and everyone else (that would be you, dad)... please help us spread the word on our upcoming CD! Post a story to your blog! Ask others to post it to theirs! Our ad budget for this is...
April 02, 2005
Artists Contribute Music to CPI Benefit CD
The war in Vietnam may have ended 30 years ago on April 30th , 1975, but bombs and landmines left over from that conflict still maim and kill innocent civilians almost every day. In response to this humanitarian tragedy, Natalie...
