SalaamGarage partners with PeaceTrees Vietnam: January 11-23, 2010
Vietnam: FULL + Closed!
photo by Joe Dielis
January 2010 Central Vietnam
This is the first time a group of American media makers and photographers have been cleared to enter the Quang Tri Province through Peace Trees Vietnam by the Vietnamese government since the war.
SalaamGarage is again uniting a team of citizen journalists who will use words, pictures, and video (etc.) to document and share the story found in Peace Trees’ collaboration with the Vietnamese people. SalaamGarage believes now is the ideal time for this trip, noting the parallels of Vietnam’s war legacy with the history the US is currently making through our involvement in Iraq. Like the Vietnamese, we will experience residuals of our own history of war and the steps required to heal from those consequences.
PeaceTrees Vietnam is a humanitarian non governmental organization (IRS 501-C3) based in Seattle, Washington and operating in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Their vision is to create a safe and healthy future for the children of Central Vietnam by working alongside the Vietnamese people to reverse the destructive consequences of war.
Founded in 1995, PeaceTrees became the first US non-governmental organization to be permitted by the Government of Vietnam to support humanitarian mine action, to remove landmines and unexploded ordnance and to provide survivor’s assistance and Mine Risk education.
Since that time PeaceTrees Vietnam has cleared more than 405 acres of land, removed more than 33,000 ordnance items, trained 16,000 children in Mine Risk Education, planted more than 40,000 indigenous trees, assisted 640 mine accident victims and their families and hosted over 450 citizen diplomats building bridges of friendship with the Vietnamese.
PeaceTrees VietNam
Photo Delegation
Jan 11th, 2010 to Jan 23th, 2010 (13 days)
Monday, Jan 11, 2010:
Travel Day
Arrive Noi Bai Airport, Ha Noi
Stay at Lucky Hotel
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 (B):
Culture Day
Explore Ha Noi
Salaam Garage Intro meet and greet
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 (B):
Travel and Culture Day
Flight to Hue in the morning
Stay at Hoa Hong hotel
Explore Hue
Thursday, Jan 14, 2010 (B,L,D):
Culture and Travel Day
Morning: Explore Hue
Afternoon: Drive to Quang Tri province; Stay at Huu Nghi hotel Dong Ha town
Welcome Dinner with DoFA, Women’s Union and PTVN Staff
Friday, Jan 15, 2010 (B,L,D):
Stories day 1, Story 1 Friendship Village:
Breakfast PTVN staff introductions and get the overview of PTVN works
PeaceTrees Friendship Village and story work (survivor stories, villager stories…)
Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 (B,L,D):
Stories day 2, Story 1 Friendship Village:
PeaceTrees Friendship Village & Danaan Parry Landmine Education Center
Completing friendship village stories and landmine edu
Cooking Class with Women’s Union
Sunday, Jan 17, 2010 (B,L,D):
Culture Day
Vinh Moc tunnel, Truong Son Cemetery, Demilitarized zone, Cua Tung beach
Monday, Jan 18, 2010 (B,L,D):
Travel Day and Environment Day
Drive to Khe Sanh; Stay at Thai Ninh hotel, Khe Sanh township, Huong Hoa district.
Visit Khe Sanh and trees planting.
Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010 (B,L,D):
Story Day 3 Story 2 Axing school and libraries
Visit Axing commune & possible story work (kindergartens, libraries)
Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010 (B,L,D):
Story Day 4 Stories 3 & 4
Team splits in 2 groups
MRE team & story work, & EOD team & story work
Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 (B,L,D):
Story Day 5 Stories 3 & 4
MRE team & story work, & EOD team & story work
Drive back to Dong Ha; Stay at Huu Nghi hotel
Friday, Jan 22, 2010 (B,L,D):
Culture Day
Quang Tri Old Citadel, La Vang church, beaches…
Farewell Dinner
Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 (B,L,D):
Final Day Travel Day
Leave Dong Ha for Hue
NEW! Story ideas/projects:
@ Dong Ha:
1. Story project 1: Landmine victims: (1) Mrs. Be (single mother lost 02 legs); (2) Ho Van Lai (10th grade student with serious injuried but still overcome difficulties to continue studying)
2. Story project 2: Scrap metal hunters: (1) Mai Van Thanh (died when searching metal, left 01 old mother, wife and 03 children. His wife used to do scrap collector but stop now); (2) Nguyen Van Anh (injured due to accident when doing scrap metal searching, many other members in family doing the same job)
3. Story project 3: Survivor assistance: Mrs. Tran Thi Chia (husband died when collecting scrap metal, 03 children, received a cow); Mrs. Le Thi Hong (husband died when collecting scrap metal, 03 children, received pigs)
4. Story project 4: Micro-credit recepients: 02 families @ Trieu Giang commune, Trieu Phong district.
5. Story project 5: PTFV families: (1) Mr. Phuong (landmine victim, lost 01 leg); (2) Mrs. Huong (landmine victim, lost 02 legs); (3) Mrs. Cuc (landmine victim, lost 2 legs)
6. Story project 6: PTVN’s local partners: (1) Madam Le Thi Sam (chairwoman of Quang Tri WU); (2) Mr. Nguyen Duc Quang (Department of Foreign Affairs)
@ Huong Hoa:
1. Story project 1: EOD team 1 & 2 (working in demining fields, detonation…)
2. Story project 2: MRE team 1 & 2 (MRE trainer @ village meeting, poster contest…)
3. Story project 3: Teachers and students of Axing kindergarten 1 & 2
4. Story project 4: Library: (1) Axing library; (2) Tan Thanh library
5. Story project 5: Local people life (ethnic minority people – Paco & Van Kieu).
** We need reservations more in advance than our other trips due to the uniqueness, special clearance and diplomat visa necessary for this trip from the Vietnamese Government .**
cost: $4100
register (no backing out) by 10/28, balance due 11/5.
balance due: 10/25
unless otherwise noted, Photos from PTV (PeaceTrees Vietnam) and Domo Quangle
More PTV images from Domo Quangle on Flickr
Hoang Ha’s Flickr photos of Peacetrees
About Quan Tri Province Vietnam, Wikipedia
Vietnam on Wikipedia
We love Vietnamese photographer Jennifer Le on Flickr
Vietnam 2010: Itinerary + projects
SalaamGarage partners with PeaceTrees Vietnam: January 11-23, 2010
Vietnam: FULL + Closed!
photo by Joe Dielis
January 2010 Central Vietnam
This is the first time a group of American media makers and photographers have been cleared to enter the Quang Tri Province through Peace Trees Vietnam by the Vietnamese government since the war.
SalaamGarage is again uniting a team of citizen journalists who will use words, pictures, and video (etc.) to document and share the story found in Peace Trees’ collaboration with the Vietnamese people. SalaamGarage believes now is the ideal time for this trip, noting the parallels of Vietnam’s war legacy with the history the US is currently making through our involvement in Iraq. Like the Vietnamese, we will experience residuals of our own history of war and the steps required to heal from those consequences.
PeaceTrees Vietnam is a humanitarian non governmental organization (IRS 501-C3) based in Seattle, Washington and operating in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Their vision is to create a safe and healthy future for the children of Central Vietnam by working alongside the Vietnamese people to reverse the destructive consequences of war.
Founded in 1995, PeaceTrees became the first US non-governmental organization to be permitted by the Government of Vietnam to support humanitarian mine action, to remove landmines and unexploded ordnance and to provide survivor’s assistance and Mine Risk education.
Since that time PeaceTrees Vietnam has cleared more than 405 acres of land, removed more than 33,000 ordnance items, trained 16,000 children in Mine Risk Education, planted more than 40,000 indigenous trees, assisted 640 mine accident victims and their families and hosted over 450 citizen diplomats building bridges of friendship with the Vietnamese.
PeaceTrees VietNam
Photo Delegation
Jan 11th, 2010 to Jan 23th, 2010 (13 days)
Monday, Jan 11, 2010:
Travel Day
Arrive Noi Bai Airport, Ha Noi
Stay at Lucky Hotel
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 (B):
Culture Day
Explore Ha Noi
Salaam Garage Intro meet and greet
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 (B):
Travel and Culture Day
Flight to Hue in the morning
Stay at Hoa Hong hotel
Explore Hue
Thursday, Jan 14, 2010 (B,L,D):
Culture and Travel Day
Morning: Explore Hue
Afternoon: Drive to Quang Tri province; Stay at Huu Nghi hotel Dong Ha town
Welcome Dinner with DoFA, Women’s Union and PTVN Staff
Friday, Jan 15, 2010 (B,L,D):
Stories day 1, Story 1 Friendship Village:
Breakfast PTVN staff introductions and get the overview of PTVN works
PeaceTrees Friendship Village and story work (survivor stories, villager stories…)
Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 (B,L,D):
Stories day 2, Story 1 Friendship Village:
PeaceTrees Friendship Village & Danaan Parry Landmine Education Center
Completing friendship village stories and landmine edu
Cooking Class with Women’s Union
Sunday, Jan 17, 2010 (B,L,D):
Culture Day
Vinh Moc tunnel, Truong Son Cemetery, Demilitarized zone, Cua Tung beach
Monday, Jan 18, 2010 (B,L,D):
Travel Day and Environment Day
Drive to Khe Sanh; Stay at Thai Ninh hotel, Khe Sanh township, Huong Hoa district.
Visit Khe Sanh and trees planting.
Tuesday, Jan 19, 2010 (B,L,D):
Story Day 3 Story 2 Axing school and libraries
Visit Axing commune & possible story work (kindergartens, libraries)
Wednesday, Jan 20, 2010 (B,L,D):
Story Day 4 Stories 3 & 4
Team splits in 2 groups
MRE team & story work, & EOD team & story work
Thursday, Jan 21, 2010 (B,L,D):
Story Day 5 Stories 3 & 4
MRE team & story work, & EOD team & story work
Drive back to Dong Ha; Stay at Huu Nghi hotel
Friday, Jan 22, 2010 (B,L,D):
Culture Day
Quang Tri Old Citadel, La Vang church, beaches…
Farewell Dinner
Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 (B,L,D):
Final Day Travel Day
Leave Dong Ha for Hue
NEW! Story ideas/projects:
@ Dong Ha:
1. Story project 1: Landmine victims: (1) Mrs. Be (single mother lost 02 legs); (2) Ho Van Lai (10th grade student with serious injuried but still overcome difficulties to continue studying)
2. Story project 2: Scrap metal hunters: (1) Mai Van Thanh (died when searching metal, left 01 old mother, wife and 03 children. His wife used to do scrap collector but stop now); (2) Nguyen Van Anh (injured due to accident when doing scrap metal searching, many other members in family doing the same job)
3. Story project 3: Survivor assistance: Mrs. Tran Thi Chia (husband died when collecting scrap metal, 03 children, received a cow); Mrs. Le Thi Hong (husband died when collecting scrap metal, 03 children, received pigs)
4. Story project 4: Micro-credit recepients: 02 families @ Trieu Giang commune, Trieu Phong district.
5. Story project 5: PTFV families: (1) Mr. Phuong (landmine victim, lost 01 leg); (2) Mrs. Huong (landmine victim, lost 02 legs); (3) Mrs. Cuc (landmine victim, lost 2 legs)
6. Story project 6: PTVN’s local partners: (1) Madam Le Thi Sam (chairwoman of Quang Tri WU); (2) Mr. Nguyen Duc Quang (Department of Foreign Affairs)
@ Huong Hoa:
1. Story project 1: EOD team 1 & 2 (working in demining fields, detonation…)
2. Story project 2: MRE team 1 & 2 (MRE trainer @ village meeting, poster contest…)
3. Story project 3: Teachers and students of Axing kindergarten 1 & 2
4. Story project 4: Library: (1) Axing library; (2) Tan Thanh library
5. Story project 5: Local people life (ethnic minority people – Paco & Van Kieu).
** We need reservations more in advance than our other trips due to the uniqueness, special clearance and diplomat visa necessary for this trip from the Vietnamese Government .**
cost: $4100
register (no backing out) by 10/28, balance due 11/5.
balance due: 10/25
unless otherwise noted, Photos from PTV (PeaceTrees Vietnam) and Domo Quangle
More PTV images from Domo Quangle on Flickr
Hoang Ha’s Flickr photos of Peacetrees
About Quan Tri Province Vietnam, Wikipedia
Vietnam on Wikipedia
We love Vietnamese photographer Jennifer Le on Flickr