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Speaking Out After Decades of Silence

The Forgotten Ones: A Legacy of Agent Orange – Part 1 of 3 (This program aired on KQED’s The California Report on Nov. 22, 2010.) By K. Oanh Ha California is home to many Vietnamese-Americans who fought alongside the U.S. during the Vietnam war. Over time, these soldiers developed cancers because of their exposure to […]

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Los Angeles Times Publishes Agent Orange Package

The Los Angeles Times has published a powerful multimedia package about programs in Vietnam to provide surgeries to children suffering from congenital heart defects believed caused by exposure to Agent Orange. The package starts in the print edition with a text story by Bob Pool, and then it moves to the website with a video […]

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Photographs from Healing a Wounded Heart

LA Times multimedia piece on a program that raises money for rehab, job training and surgeries for Vietnamese suffering from Agent Orange-related congenital heart defects.

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Healing a Wounded Heart

Since 1998, Marichia Simcik Arese’s Spiral Foundation has raised more than $1.6 million selling handmade items fashioned by disabled youth in Hue. The proceeds finance rehabilitation, job training and surgeries for Vietnamese suffering from congenital defects believed to be linked Agent Orange.

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Video: Healing a Wounded Heart

Since 1998, Marichia Simcik Arese’s Spiral Foundation has raised more than $1.6 million selling handmade items fashioned by disabled youth in Hue. The proceeds finance rehabilitation, job training and surgeries for Vietnamese suffering from congenital defects believed to be linked Agent Orange.

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Two VRP fellows win major photography awards

Catherine Karnow takes second place in Pictures of the Year International and Ed Kashi takes second in the World Press Photo Contest for photos of Nguyen Thi Ly.

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Vietnam Revisited

Reporter/anchor Thuy Vu returned to her homeland of Vietnam to take an in-depth look at the impact of Agent Orange. A CBS5 special report.

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Unfinished Business: Suffering and sickness in the endless wake of Agent Orange

The Vietnam War ended but a silent threat from Agent Orange remained. A special report by the Plain Dealer.

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On the Road with Charles Bailey: Ho Chi Minh City

[Editor’s note: This guest post by Charles Bailey of the Ford Foundation was written Monday, March 7th. Due to the time difference, these updates will not be published in real time.] After an exciting weekend of arrivals, the Common Cause Delegation on Agent Orange in Vietnam was kicked into gear today with a packed schedule […]

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On the Road with Charles Bailey: Updates from Vietnam

Starting Monday, we will publish a limited mini-series of guest blog entries that provide daily stories from the 2011 Common Cause Delegation on Agent Orange in Vietnam. Written by the Ford Foundation’s Charles Bailey and others, these updates will b…

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