Adopt a minefield in Viet Nam

The UNA Florida Division has �adopted� a minefield (VTM-019) in Viet Nam with the cost of $21,475, the amount needed to clean the affected area and make it a safe place for hundreds of Vietnamese families to live.

Vietnam is among the countries most severely affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). There are at present around 3.5 million landmines and 300,000 tons of UXO left over from various conflicts in Vietnam. More than 38,000 civilians have been killed and 64,000 maimed in munitions related accidents since 1975, when the war ended with the deaths of around three million Vietnamese and 58,000 Americans. Each year Vietnamese suffer over 2,000 casualties from landmines and unexploded ordnance.

The minefield VTM-019, adopted by the UNA Florida Division, is located in Quang Tri province (Central Viet Nam), along national highway one. This landmine affected area covers part of a 65 hectare clearance site which has been planned for the resettlement of several hundred families. The beneficiaries would all be local families from Hai Thuong commune, a flood-prone area, who have been living in overcrowded and difficult conditions around the edge of the site for over 25 years waiting to return to this land.

If you would like to make a donation, please send your check, payable to UNA-USA Minefield VTM-019 , to the treasurer of the UNA Florida Division: Nancy Sever, 1644 N.W. 22 Circle, Gainesville, FL.32605.

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