COPE Visitor Centre

During this walk, I explored the unexploded ordnance (UXO) issue further when I visited the COPE (Cooperative Orthotics and Prosthetics Enterprise) Visitor Center. COPE assists not just UXO survivors but also accident victims and people with disabilities by providing prosthetics and rehabilitation. A large chunk of their beneficiaries are UXO survivors, though. The exhibits included stories of how various people have been helped, and also a mockup of a typical Lao village dwelling and where UXO hazards may exist. I was glad to see that USAID supports COPE. As far as I am concerned, however, the U.S. should be responsible for cleaning up this UXO mess. Dropping 270 million explosives on a neutral country you never declared war against is unconscionable.
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