What does Clear Path International do?
Clear Path International is a humanitarian organization that has
in the past sponsored the removal of landmines and unexploded ordnance. We
now
focus our our efforts on assistance to accident survivors, particularly
children.
Where do you operate?
We are operating in Vietnam, Cambodia and on the Thai-Burma border.
How do you help victims?
We offer a comprehensive victim assistance program to accident survivors,
particularly children. It includes emergency medical care, hospitalization,
transportation, surgery, household economic support, occupational therapy and
special scholarships (for blinded victims). We also support treatment of victims
in the United States when it is most effective.
What is the extent of the problem in central Vietnam?
This region around the former DMZ bore the brunt of the bombing campaigns
during the war and is still littered with unexploded ordnance. Every week, someone
gets hurt or killed by an accidental explosion. Since the end of the war, more
than 6,000 people have died this way in Quang Tri Province alone. At least 4,000
more have been maimed for life.
Read more about our Vietnam project here.
What about Cambodia?
Despite increased stability, the Cambodian "Killing Fields” continue
in the form of more than 2 million landmines lying await to claim their next
victim. Since 1970, about 80,000 Cambodians have been killed by landmines and
roughly 40,000 have been maimed by their accident. Cambodia has the highest per-capita
number of mine amputees in the world.
Read more about our Cambodia project here.
Why the Thai-Burma border?
The clinics we support on the border are located within several
miles
of
the
Burmese border and serves Burmese refugees who have been displaced by the fighting
between
rebel
and government
troops inside Burma. In recent years, the number of injuries from anti-personnel
devices in Burma, has increased dramatically.
Read more about our Thai-Burma project
here.
Do you have a newsletter?
Yes we do! We have two newsletters. One is printed and mailed out four times
a year to our supporters. The other is an email newsletter. Our email correspondence
goes out once a month and sometimes more if we are having a major event. Sign
up in the box below.
How can I help?
That's the easiest question of all! There are two links at the bottom of every
page of our site... one is "SEND
THIS PAGE TO A FRIEND" and
the other is "MAKE
A DONATION".
We have donors all over the US and most of them heard about us from
a friend! So if you see a page you think may be of interest to a friend,
please select the "Send this page to a friend link". Their email will
not be entered into our mailing list unless they ask. And their information,
and yours, will never be given to an outside party. We hate Spam too.
Donations to Clear Path are tax deductible and will make a positive impact
in a survivor's life. If you would like to make a donation to our work, it is
safe and secure to do so via the Internet or by
phone or check.
If you have questions that are not answered here, please do not hesitate
to call us. Check our contact
page for a number nearest you.
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