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A Seattle-based humanitarian group called Peace Trees Vietnam has been sending local civilian volunteers and veterans to Vietnam. They are helping Vietnamese deminers safely remove and deactivate bombs left over from the war and helping villagers replant the land.
Volunteers plant trees in Vietnam as a part of a community project to promote peace between the two nations. (Photo courtesy Peace Trees Vietnam)
Jerilyn Brusseau started this mission because it is a personal one. Brusseau’s brother, U.S. Army Lieutenant Daniel Cheney was killed in combat in 1969. A seed was first planted in the mid 1990s and ever since, Peac Trees Vietnam have cleared over 87,000 explosives and helped nearly 1,000 wounded victims.Peace Trees Vietnam was recently recognized by the White House and the Vietnamese government for their decades of work.
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