Clear Path International
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Clear Path International (CPI) is a non-profit organization based in the United States. The organization assists civilian victims of war in post-conflict zones. This assistance takes the form of direct medical and social services to survivors and their families as well as equipment support to hospitals. Clear Path International's projects are in Afghanistan
, Vietnam
, Cambodia
and on the border of Burma and Thailand
.
In 2000, Clear Path began working to remove unexploded ordnance
in Quang Tri Province
, Vietnam which was, at the time, the largest unexploded ordnance removal effort by an NGO in Vietnam's history.
In 2001 CPI established a vocational skills training program for landmine survivors in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.
In the same year, CPI began supporting clinics on the Thai-Myanmar border that serve ethnic minority refugees escaping Myanmar's oppressive regime. CPI supports prosthetic clinics that serve landmine victims that have been injured in their escape. To further enhance border-area prostheses production and delivery, Clear Path is introducing a new portable device that will make it easier for landmine amputees in the remote jungles to get prostheses without travelling to a clinic or production site.
Clear Path International has received support from Adopt-a-Minefield
, The McKnight Foundation
, The Freeman Foundation, The United States Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, The Open Society Institute
, Johnson & Widdifield Charitable Trust, Susila Dharma USA, and a wide range of grass roots
support.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
, Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
and on the border of Burma and Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
.
In 2000, Clear Path began working to remove unexploded ordnance
Unexploded ordnance
Unexploded ordnance are explosive weapons that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, potentially many decades after they were used or discarded.While "UXO" is widely and informally used, munitions and explosives of...
in Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri Province
Quảng Trị is a province on the North Central Coast of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of Huế.-Geography:Located in North Central Vietnam, Quang Tri Province is surrounded by Quang Binh Province on the north, Thua Thien-Hue Province on the south, Savannakhet Province of Laos on the...
, Vietnam which was, at the time, the largest unexploded ordnance removal effort by an NGO in Vietnam's history.
In 2001 CPI established a vocational skills training program for landmine survivors in Kampong Cham, Cambodia.
Specializing in victim assistance
In 2002, CPI dropped ordnance removal from its mission and narrowed its scope of work to assisting civilian victims of landmines and other explosive remnants of war.In the same year, CPI began supporting clinics on the Thai-Myanmar border that serve ethnic minority refugees escaping Myanmar's oppressive regime. CPI supports prosthetic clinics that serve landmine victims that have been injured in their escape. To further enhance border-area prostheses production and delivery, Clear Path is introducing a new portable device that will make it easier for landmine amputees in the remote jungles to get prostheses without travelling to a clinic or production site.
Clear Path International has received support from Adopt-a-Minefield
Adopt-A-Minefield
Adopt-A-Minefield is a United Kingdom-based charity which raises awareness about landmines and their associated problems, and raises funds to clear minefields and help survivors of landmine accidents...
, The McKnight Foundation
McKnight Foundation
The McKnight Foundation is a philanthropic organization based in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. The foundation's interests lie in the environment, the arts, community development, and other areas....
, The Freeman Foundation, The United States Department of State Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, The Open Society Institute
Open Society Institute
The Open Society Institute , renamed in 2011 to Open Society Foundations, is a private operating and grantmaking foundation started by George Soros, aimed to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform...
, Johnson & Widdifield Charitable Trust, Susila Dharma USA, and a wide range of grass roots
Grass Roots
Grass Roots is an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 2000 and 2003.The series is set around the fictional Arcadia Waters Council near Sydney, and was primarily a satirical look at the machinations of local government...
support.