Clear Path International Clear Path International is a project of The Greater Seattle Vietnam Association Clear Path International and Vietnam Medical Project Start Fund Drive to Send Medical Team to Vietnam SAN JOSE, Calif. - Clear Path International and the Vietnam Medical Project have teamed up to send a group of physicians to central Vietnam's Quang Tri Province to treat children who have been injured by landmine accidents. Quang Tri, which used to be the northern-most province of what was then South Vietnam, saw some of the fiercest fighting during the war. As a result, millions of pieces of leftover unexploded ordnance still strewn everywhere continue to pose an everyday threat to children and their families in the region. Accidental explosions occur almost every week, often killing or injuring a group of children.
Many accidents go unreported.
Clear Path International, based on Bainbridge Island, Wash., and a project of the Greater Seattle Vietnam Association, sponsors the removal of deadly explosives and supports victim assistance efforts in Southeast Asia. In Quang Tri Province, central Vietnam, it is currently clearing 125 acres on the former Dong Ha Combat Base, once forward headquarters for the U.S. 3rd Marine Division. Through the Vietnam Medical Project's support, the center is becoming a regional treatment facility specializing in the care of musculo-skeletal disorders. Children seen at the center suffer from traumatic injuries, birth defects, polio, cerebral palsy and other structural disorders. Under their newly formed partnership, Clear Path International will provide support for supplies, equipment, logistics and lodging to host a team of specialists from the Vietnam Medical Project, including one Vietnamese and three American surgeons.