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    Display of bombies scattering, COPE Visitor Center.
    Street scenes en route to COPE Visitor Center.COPE Visitor Center.COPE Visitor Center.Display of bombies scattering, COPE Visitor Center.COPE Visitor Center.Display of bombies scattering, COPE Visitor Center.COPE Visitor Center.

    COPE Visitor Centre

    November 21, 2017 in Laos ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    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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