Sunday, March 27, 2005

School is in Session

What has not gotten a lot of coverage, if any, on our site is the CPI-built elementary school which opened for classes in September of 2004.

Serving 383 children ages 6-11 in two separate shifts, the "Peace School" as it was named by provincial authorities (I had unsuccesfully requested to have it named after Spalding Gray), is located less than a quarter mile from our office in Dong Ha Town, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam. Funded by the Freeman Foundation, the school was built on land formerly contaminated with hundreds of unexploded bombs which Clear Path removed (also with Freeman funding) in 2001 and 2002. CPI no longer works to remove ordnance and instead focuses on victim assistance

I got a chance to visit the school (and also disrupt classes) on my last visit...

Peace School visit 8.JPG




Posted by Karen Matthee at 11:57 AM
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  1. Ray DohertyMarch 27, 2005 at 11:39 PM

    James and Martha,
    The elementary school built by CPI is a wonderful and lasting legacy of all the good works that you accomplish in Vietnam. Bravo!
    Best regards,
    ~ Ray

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  2. JamesMarch 28, 2005 at 5:52 AM

    Hey there Ray!
    Good hearing from you...and thanks for the kind words! I hear you are going back to VN soon... please say hello to everyone for me.
    JH

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  3. TerriMarch 28, 2005 at 5:30 PM

    James,
    I know that was not the first class you ever disrupted! The school is so beautiful and already serving so many children! I was in Dong Ha last June when it was still under construction and the Break Away students from Johnson State were very busliy white-washing the fences! How wonderful it must have been to see the school in session. Great work!! Love, Mom

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