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Tax free donations to any of the
Vietnamese organizations listed below can be made to the War
Legacies Project. For more information contact Susan at
shammond@warlegacies.org
Vietnam
Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA):
Formed at the end of 2003 in Hanoi by a group of Vietnamese
doctors and others who have been advocating for more
assistance to Vietnamese who are believed to be suffering
from exposure to Agent Orange. VAVA provides services to
Agent Orange impacted individuals throughout Vietnam. VAVA
has filed suit against the the US producers of Agent Orange
on behalf of Vietnamese plaintiffs.
Hue University
Office of Genetic Counseling and Disabled Children
provides vital assistance to sick and disabled children and
their families in Central Vietnam and the Central Highlands
including surgery for congenital heart defects and birth
defects, education and training for children with
disabilities.
The Agent
Orange Victim's Fund coordinated by the Vietnam
Red Cross provides services individuals and families who
have are believed to be impacted by Agent Orange.
More information about the fund is available at the Vietnam
Red Cross/Agent Orange Victims Fund website:
http://www.vnrc.org.vn/. See also the
Agent Orange Victims Fund Flyer (pdf).
The Vietnam Friendship
Village Project cultivates reconciliation and heals the
wounds of the Vietnam War by uniting veterans and caring
citizens through international cooperation in the building
and support of the Village of Friendship, a living symbol of
peace. There are chapters in the
US,
Canada,
Germany and
Australia that
raise funds for the work of the Vietnam Friendship Village
outside of Hanoi for handicapped children and their
families.
The Danang/Quang
Nam Fund, Inc
an American NGO that provides direct aid to to the poorest
of poor in Da Nang City and Quang Nam province in central
Vietnam including those who are believed to be affected by
Agent Orange. They have been collecting
letters of Vietnamese who have been affected by Agent
Orange and putting them in an archive on their website.
Advocacy Campaigns:
Vietnam-Dioxin.org Created at the initiative of the
young Vietnamese of France and of Vietnam, the
Vietnam-Dioxin Collective is a gathering of people and
organizations whose goal is to participate in an
international campaign of inform public opinion and raise
awareness on the continuing effects of the massive use of
herbicides and pesticides (of which the infamous "Agent
Orange") in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos between 1961 and
1971.
Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign: an
initiative of U.S. veterans, Vietnamese Americans and all
concerned about peace and justice. The campaign asks that
the US government honor its moral and legal responsibility
to compensate the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.
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