Special Initiative on Agent Orange/Dioxin

The International Center for Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, September 2008

For the Dioxin Resolution Initiative in Vietnam (DRIVE) program to upgrade services and organize self-help groups for people with disabilities associated with dioxin, and for public education in the U.S. ($900,000)

Vietnam Assistance to the Handicapped, September 2008

To upgrade social services and organize self-help groups for people with disabilities associated with dioxin in two provinces in Vietnam, and to encourage Vietnamese Americans to support program expansion. ($750,000)

Open University of Ho Chi Minh City, August 2008

For Disability Resource and Development to collaborate with other groups providing services to young adults with disabilities in southern and central Vietnam. ($457,000)

Institute for Social Development Studies, July 2008

For development of guidelines, training materials, workshops and a television program to challenge stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities in Vietnam. ($218,000)

United States Fund for UNICEF, April 2008

For UNICEF/Vietnam to launch and sustain a new rights-based program for children with disabilities in three Agent Orange-affected provinces. ($1,083,000)

Disability Resource and Development, January 2008

To promote equal opportunities for people with disabilities. ($100,000)

Hai Chau People's Committee, December 2007

To introduce the "case management" system for families with disabled children. ($75,100)

Children of Vietnam, December 2007

To introduce the "case management" system for families with disabled children. ($136,200)

Thai Binh Red Cross, August 2007

To develop and run a program of services, including surgery and therapy, for people living with disabilities; to train health care workers; and to provide community-based training for families with disabled members. ($105,000)

East Meets West Foundation, August 2007

To upgrade facilities; to train medical and other personnel; to provide quality health care and educational services; and to expand job opportunities for the disabled in Thai Binh province. ($370,100)

East Meets West Foundation, July 2006

To plan and oversee a program for screening, surgery and prosthetic devices, vocational training and educational support for people who are living with disabilities in Quang Ngai province. ($667,800)

Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, July 2006

To survey the health care needs of people living with disabilities in 11 provinces; to assess how well those needs are being met; to conduct immediate measures where critically needed; and to identify future projects to augment health care services. ($450,000)

Vietnam Red Cross, June 2000

To Agent Orange Victims Fund to provide medical care to disabled persons in three southern provinces. ($150,000)

Government of Vietnam, National Steering Committee 33, July 2008

To analyze current levels of dioxin in soils and biosamples in Danang, Vietnam, resulting from the use of Agent Orange and other military herbicides during the Vietnam War. ($500,000)

Government of Vietnam, National Steering Committee 33 (collaborating with BEM Systems Inc., Chatham, N.J., and Delta Construction Management Co. Ltd., Danang, Vietnam), July 2007

To construct engineering measures at the Danang airport to halt the migration of dioxin into the surrounding community and to stop contamination of the food chain. ($306,500)

Government of Vietnam, National Steering Committee 33 (collaborating with BEM Systems Inc., Chatham, N.J.), September 2006

To assess Danang airport and identify emergency measures to block further flow of dioxin off the site. ($120,000)

Government of Vietnam, National Steering Committee 33 (collaborating with the 10-80 Division of the Ministry of Health and Hatfield Consultants, Ltd., Vancouver, Canada), September 2006

To analyze the exposure pathways through which dioxin travels from Danang hot spots into the surrounding community for the design of public health interventions. ($342,800)

Institute for Social Development Studies, November 2007

To develop a national conference on the socioeconomic circumstances and needs of people living with disabilities in Vietnam and to design effective service delivery programs. ($18,000)

27th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, September 2007

To fund the participation of eight Vietnamese scientists in the highest scientific meeting of scientists worldwide working on persistent organic pollutants, held in Tokyo. ($23,000)

Institute for Social Development Studies, July 2006

To conduct a large-scale socioeconomic survey of people living with disabilities in four provinces. ($170,600)

26th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, August 2006

To fund the participation of eight Vietnamese (paper authors, officials and interpreters) and the presidents of Hatfield Consultants Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, and BEM Systems Inc., Chatham, N.J., in the highest scientific meeting of scientists worldwide working on persistent organic pollutants, held in Oslo. ($34,000)

Government of Vietnam, 10-80 Division of the Ministry of Health (collaborating with Hatfield Consultants Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia), September 2002

To research study to identify and assess dioxin hot spots in central and southern Vietnam (plus travel awards) ($289,000)

National Organization on Disability, July 2008

For a reconnaissance survey of the impact of wartime exposure to Agent Orange/dioxin on U.S. Vietnam veterans' subsequent lives and to identify gaps in federal government assistance programs. ($51,000)

US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin, January 2007

US-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin expenses. ($18,500)

Aspen Institute, June 2007

To raise U.S. awareness about dioxin in Vietnam and to foster dialogue between Americans and Vietnamese to secure sustained support for health and environmental programs. ($317,000)

Aspen Institute, November 2006

To explore a Track II process between the United States and Vietnam for citizen diplomacy on Agent Orange/dioxin. ($61,000)

Vietnam National University, Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, July 2007

To develop trainers in rural community restoration and to manage damaged landscapes. ($185,700)

Vietnam Public Health Association, September 2006

To conduct a public health survey and to develop protective measures around the Bien Hoa hot spot. ($175,000)