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Resource development: WLP gathers
and shares information and research on Agent Orange
and other long-term
human health, environmental and socio-economic impacts of
war.
 Film Screenings: WLP conducts
screening of numerous films that address the impacts of the
American war in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. A full
list of the films about Agent Orange can be found on our
Films
Page.
 Exhibits: WLP coordinates photo
and art exhibits that address the impacts of Agent Orange. These
include exhibits by Japanese photographer Goro Nakamura,
Vietnamese photographer Doan Duc Minh, the photojournalist
Philip Jones-Griffiths and and an Agent Orange exhibit by
American and Vietnamese artists. For more information about
brining an exhibit to your locality please contact Susan at
shammond@warlegacies.org
Forums: WLP coordinates and
participates in forums, conferences and discussions that
examine the long term human health, environmental and
socio-economic impacts of war.
Educational Tours: WLP coordinates
and assists in the development of educational tours focusing
on
the long-term impacts of war in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
WLP also assists in coordinating visits to programs in
Vietnam that are working with war-impacted communities.
 Vann
Nath exhibit: working with the Cambodian Artist Vann
Nath and colleagues in Cambodia, WLP is coordinating an
exhibit of his work depicting life at Toul Sleng prison
under the Khmer Rouge. The exhibit is tentatively scheduled
for Long Beach, CA in the spring 2008 and Lowell, MA during
the summer 2008. Contact
shammond@warlegacies.org
for more information.
Legacies of War Exhibit: WLP is an
advisor to a group of Laotian - Americans who have developed
a traveling exhibit about the Secret War in Laos and the
on-going impact of cluster munitions. For more information
about the exhibit see their website at
http://www.legaciesofwar.org/
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Volunteer Opportunities |
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WLP facilitates volunteer opportunities
for students, medical and education professionals, and
others who are in interested in short - term volunteer
opportunities in Viet Nam assisting populations that have
been impacted by war. Volunteer opportunities may also be
available for Laos and Cambodia. Contact Susan at
shammond@warlegacies.org for more information.
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 Income
generation - in association with the Vietnam Red Cross
and the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent
Orange/Dioxin WLP is helping families with disabled
children, including those believe to be affected by Agent
Orange to increase their income through animal husbandry,
the setting up small businesses, and vocational training.
Through donations received in memory of Bob Feldman, a US
Vietnam war veteran who died of lymphoma WLP and the Red
Cross helped improve the livelihood of 200 families in
Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Dong Nai provinces in 2007.
 Home
construction - in association with the Viet Nam Red
Cross WLP helps renovate or construct homes for poor
families with severely disabled children. Funds donated in
memory of Bob Feldman have built or renovated homes in
Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Dong Nai province in 2007.
Support for Surgeries - in
association with the Hue Medical School and the Office of
Genetic Counseling and Disabled Children we are supporting
the cost of surgeries and medical care for children with
congenital heart defects, cleft palate, club foot and other
surgically correctible conditions. To date most of these
surgeries have been supported by funds donated in memory of
Chris Jenkins, a former International Voluntary Services
volunteer to Viet Nam from who died in 2003.
Construction of Classrooms - in
association with the Office of Genetic Counseling and
Disabled Children at the Hue University of Medicine WLP is
raising funds to build classrooms and train teachers in
rural districts of Thua Thien Hue province for children with
developmental disabilities. Funds donated to the Chris
Jenkins Memorial Fund have built two classrooms to date at a
cost of $3000 for construction, equipment and training of a
teacher.
 Green
Fence Project in A Luoi, Vietnam - WLP is
supporting the work of Mr. Phung Tuu Boi of the Assistance
for Natural Conservation and Community Development Center to
plant a fence of Honey Locust trees around the former
A So military base in A Luoi Valley. Once the fence is grown
it will keep the local population from being exposed to the
residual dioxin in the soil. The fruit of the Honey
Locust trees, which is valued for it use as a natural
shampoo, will also provide an income to the villagers.
Private donations to WLP as a result of a NY Times article
about Mr. Boi's project has fully funded the five year
project. The first phase of planting the Honey locust
seeds took place in December 2007. Transplanting of
the seedlings is expected to occur in late 2008. Additional
funds raised will be used to help improve the livelihoods of
the residents of the village surrounding the base.
 Quang
Ngai Association of Agent Orange Victims Center for Disabled
Children - WLP is helping Dr Phan Thi Phi Phi and
the Quang Ngai Association of Agent Orange Victims to raise
$150,000 needed to construct, equip and staff a medical
clinic, rehabilitation and vocational training center for
severely disabled children in Quang Ngai province. The
center once built will serve 50 residential and 200
non-residential children.
 OGCDC
- Hue University Early Detection and Early Intervention
Center - WLP is helping the Office of Genetic Counseling
and Disabled Children raise funds to
expand and improve upon the current capacities of the
OGCDC and the Department of Medical Genetics to provide more
comprehensive reproductive, pre and post-natal care for
families and individuals managing/coping with birth defects
and genetic conditions in Central Viet Nam. This includes:
the construction and equipment of
a laboratory for molecular genetics and to improve upon the
current cytogenetics laboratory
infrastructure, the training of laboratory and medical
staff, the construction of a center for early intervention
to identify and provide educational and rehabilitation
services for children under six with birth defects and/or
learning disabilities, the training of teachers and medical
personnel to identify birth defects and other disabilities,
and to provide training for parents to provide at-home
rehabilitation and educational programs. In 2007 through a
private donation WLP helped OGCDC purchase an ultraviolet
microscope, computer and other equipment in order to begin
FISH testing in their current laboratory.
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