American Friends Raise Funds to Mine Clearing Activities in Vietnam
Supporters and Friends of Project RENEW gathered for a fundraising reception on September 21 (local time) in Washington, D.C. for the first time since Covid-19 outbreak. The event was aimed at raising funds so that project RENEW’s life-saving interventions can be expanded from Quang Tri to Quang Ngai Province — continuing RENEW’s mission to make Vietnamese children and adults safe from bombs and mines. Chuck Searcy, Co-founder of and International Advisor to Project RENEW, Director of Friends of Project RENEW, speaks at the fundraiser. Source: RENEW An event held by the “Restoring the Environment and Neutralising the Effects of the War” (RENEW) project in Washington D.C. completed its target of raising USD 100,000 for mine clearing activities in Vietnam ’s central province of Quang Ngai, VNA reported Friday. The event, taking place in both virtual and face-to-face forms, saw the participation of US officials and people, most of them Vietnam War veterans. In his speec