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Friends of Project Renew raises funds and awareness to destroy unexploded bombs and help the victims of today remaining from the Vietnam-American War.

09/07/2026

This Labor Day, in America, while many of us are…

🔥 Grilling with family
🏈 Watching football
🚗 Enjoying a long weekend
🌽 Celebrating the end of summer

Families in Vietnam are…

🌾Searching our farming fields for unexploded bombs
💣 Scanning for unexploded ordnances
🦿 Rebuilding livelihoods after injuries and disabilities
🌱 Teaching our children how to identify danger

More than 50 years after the war ended, its legacy can still affect where people work, farm, and build their futures.

Friends of Project RENEW is helping change that by clearing dangerous unexploded ordnance, supporting people living with disabilities, educating children and communities, and helping families safely use their land again.

This Labor Day, while we relax, we think of those who don't have that option.

09/05/2026

September 5 is International Charity Day.

What does a donation to Friends of Project Renew mean.

⭐$240 helps clear an acre of land of dangerous unexploded ordnance.

⭐$230 helps provide a new prosthetic limb for an amputee.

⭐$500 helps provide transportation for a school to visit the Project RENEW Mine Action Visitor Center, where children learn how to recognize cluster bombs and other explosives, and what to do if they encounter them.

This International Day of Charity, help us build a safer future for the children and families of Vietnam.

Thank you for being a Friend of Project RENEW.

09/01/2026

September is National Preparedness Month. Here in the U.S., preparedness might mean having an emergency kit, knowing your evacuation route, or making a family communication plan.

In Quảng Trị, Vietnam, preparedness can mean knowing what to do when you encounter something left behind by war.

Project RENEW teaches children and communities how to recognize and safely respond to unexploded ordnance, because knowing what to do can save a life.

🛑 Don't touch.
↩️ Move away.
📢 Tell an adult.

Your support helps put life-saving knowledge into the hands of families who need it.

08/20/2026

This August, PROJECT Renew performed its 100th task to help Vietnam to safer lands.

What's the impact?
496: Farmers protected who farm this land directly
2204: Villagers safer who live in neighboring villages

Your help is continuing to make an impact every day.

08/15/2026

It's our anniversary! 🥂

25 years ago, Project RENEW began with 1 mission: to help the people of Vietnam live safely and rebuild their lives in communities still affected by the legacy of the American-Vietnam War.

Over the past 25 years, we've:
🥦Cleared approximately 8,650 acres of land
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Educated children and communities at the Project RENEW Mine Action Visitor Center in Quảng Trị
♿Supported people living with disabilities
💪Provided prosthetics and rehabilitation, including over 3,000 artificial limbs
📱Introduced a new app, RENEW AR to identify potential threats
⭐Creating opportunities for families to build safer, more secure futures.

Help us continue our mission. Donate $25 for 25 years to Friends of Project RENEW, and celebrate growth with us!

https://renewvn.org/donate/

08/12/2026

🍊 DID YOU KNOW?

Agent Orange wasn't orange.

Its name came from the orange stripe painted on the barrels used to identify the herbicide. One of the main components was contaminated with TCDD, a highly toxic form of dioxin, which is a major reason for the serious health and environmental concerns associated with Agent Orange exposure.

More than 11 million gallons of Agent Orange were sprayed during the Vietnam War, and its legacy continues to affect Vietnamese communities today.

08/03/2026

The average American eats roughly 30 pounds of rice a year.

Vietnam is one of the world’s major rice-producing countries, and rice farming is central to life in rural Vietnam. But in Quảng Trị, farmers can still encounter unexploded bombs while plowing, clearing grass, or preparing fields for a new crop.

In 2025, RENEW/NPA teams cleared 250,000 square meters of farmland before rice planting and found 19 cluster bombs and 13 other explosive devices in just three days.

07/21/2026

What happens after land is cleared by our UXO teams?

We met Nguyễn Sư Tâm just after NPA/RENEW clearance teams found and safely destroyed an artillery shell right in his garden in Thuỷ Trung village. He can now safely continue his peanut growing operation without risk.

07/13/2026

Previous residents Quảng Trị, Vietnam came back to the RENEW Mine Action Center to have a conversation with school children about how to dream big.

The first female pilot from Quảng Trị, Nguyễn Trần Diệu Thuý and saxophonist Phan Lê Hiếu came home to encourage students pursue their dreams and let nothing stand in the way,

07/07/2026

Last week, two emergency calls were made throughout Southern Vietnam.

REWNEW's mobile Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team responded to two calls from Quảng Trị local residents in quick succession, both through the provincial UXO hotline.

A 60mm mortar round and an M79 round were safely cleared.

No lives were lost... this time.

Read more about the incredible removal.
https://renewvn.org/from-gio-linh-to-con-tien-one-morning-two-urgent-calls/

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1360 Beverly Road, Suite 305
McLean, VA

Website

https://renewvn.org/

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