November 28th, 2017:

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I have started to plan a trip to Myanmar for the month of January, so I figured I should share the rest of the images I created for PeaceTrees Vietnam when I spent a few days with them in August in/around Dong Ha, Vietnam.  Besides seeing these images here, PeaceTrees has rebuilt it’s website featuring mostly my work from this trip and some time I spent with them in March. It brightens my day to see these images being used to raise awareness and much needed funds.

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Nguyen Thi Cuc lost her legs to a landmine explosion in 1986. Now she works making and packaging incense.
Dong Ha, Vietnam.

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Students at the PeaceTrees Friendship Village Kindergarten built in 2002.
Dong Ha, Vietnam

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Section 6, Khoi 6, Khe Sanh Town, Huong Hoa District, Vietnam.

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Explosive Ordnance Disposal team leader, Tran Van Thang, identifies a rocket recently found in Tram Village, Huong Tan Commune, Vietnam.
PeaceTrees EOD employs 40 people as Leaders, Medics, Drivers, Deminers and Disposers in the Huong Hoa and Dakrong Districts.

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Explosive Ordnance Disposal team member, removes a rocket recently found in Tram Village, Huong Tan Commune, Vietnam.

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Education to the local communities about landlines and other explosives provided by the PeaceTrees explosive ordinance disposal teams.
Tram Village, Huong Tan Commune, Vietnam.

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Giao, 75, used to make and sell steamed cassava cakes wrapped in banana leaves. Now she spends most of her days in her home which was built in 2002 as part of a 100 homes creating “Friendship Village” which were erected for the poor and the victims of land mine and unexplored ordinance.
Dong Ha, Vietnam