Clear Path's Outreach Worker - Medal Winner in PARAGAMES

Returning home from the 3rd regional PARAGAMES in Philippine, Le Thi Hoai Phuong, an UXO Survivor/a CPI�s Outreach Worker/a Class F44 Female Athlete had brought home 4 Gold medals and a Silver one, bringing her medal collection up to 24 medals of all kinds. This is the first time Phuong participates at regional level PARAGAMES to compete against athletes from 11 nations in Southeast Asia; nevertheless she had set new records in high jump, long jump and 100m track events.

At the age of 17, Le Thi Hoai Phuong survived from an UXO accident while tending her rice paddy. A hidden device responded to the hoe blade impact with its mighty power. The only thing Phuong could remember was just a bright flash before she collapsed. She woke up in a hospital bed with the left leg amputated below knee. Phuong had struggled for a long time to over come many hard feelings of being a disabled girl at her prime of youth.
CPI assistance first came to Phuong and her family in 2001 with a prosthetic leg and a household grant to improve her moving ability as well as her family�s living condition. Two years later, in 2003, when the first sport event for People with Disability (PWD) was held in Quang Tri province, Phuong was insisted to join the CPI sponsored athlete team. CPI first intension was to encourage Landmine/UXO survivors to take part in some social activities to gradually help them reintegrate into their community. However, beyond anybody�s expectation, Phuong, for her very first time walked into a track, without any experience, became the first to hit the finish line and won her first gold medal.
Since then, Phuong attended every sport events organized for PWD from provincial to national levels and each time she return home, her medal collection increased in number.
In 2004, when CPI launched its first Outreach Worker project, Phuong and another UXO survivor were recruited to work for CPI. Her job involves daily interacting with Landmine/UXO victims and their families in her home land, helping them implement assistance from CPI.