Program and Event

U.S. GOVERNMENT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO UXO LAO

DCM Peter Haymond shakes hands with UXO Lao Director Bounpone Sayasenh at a handover ceremony held at the UXO Lao Training Center

On February 20, 2009 the Government of the United States of America turned over four high-grade tents for use in field operations to UXO Lao, the national unexploded ordnance clearance operator. The tents were handed over by the U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission to the Lao PDR, Peter Haymond, to UXO Lao National Program Director Bounpone Sayasenh. The tents, worth USD $27,671, will be used by UXO Lao clearance teams in Savannakhet and other provinces. UXO Lao clearance teams spend weeks in very poor and remote districts, clearing unexploded ordnance (UXO) from agricultural land. Tents, such as these donated by the U.S. Government, serve as their homes in such areas.