By Nick Ut More than 100 children, from age 6 to 20 or so, live at Friendship Village for two to four years for medical treatment, rehabilitation and job training. At any given time, 40 or so war veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange also stay at the Village for a few months’ […]
Photographs of Ninh Binh Mushroom Farm
By Nick Ut Vietnam’s women veterans had no community that wanted them, or their children and grandchildren with disabilities, until they created one for themselves on a mushroom farm and commune in Ninh Binh Province. “The poor take care of the poorer,” one veteran said.
Photographs of Nguyen Thi Ly
By Catherine Karnow These photographs are of the family of Nguyen Thi Ly. Ed Kashi and I traveled to Vietnam as Vietnam Reporting Project fellows in July, 2010, to shoot photographs and video two families in Danang, Vietnam, struggling with the affects of Agent Orange. EDITOR’S NOTE: Catherine Karnow placed second in the Features […]
Photographs from Ed Kashi
By Ed Kashi Photographer Catherine Karnow and I visited Danang, Vietnam in July 2010. Assisted by Chidren of Vietnam, an agency which provides care to Vietnamese children with disabilities, we met and photographed Ly, who has a facial deformity, concave throat and weak heart. Ly is believed to be affected by dioxin, which was […]
Mushroom Farm gives women veterans exposed to Agent Orange a place, a purpose, a life
In 1996, war veteran Madame Cuc founded the mushroom farm co-op, where the women now work together to grow and harvest various types of edible and medicinal mushrooms.
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Ending the lingering threat of Agent Orange begins with awareness
Heather Bowser continues to wrestle with what she discovered about herself in Vietnam. She holds tight to the many wonderful memories of her trip, but she also admits to moments of despair that she can’t quite explain. Not yet, anyway.
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Bowser, children touched by Agent Orange find a common bond in Friendship Village
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Agent Orange leaves its mark on the life of Heather Bowser, p. 3
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