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Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped; Vietnam Children's Fund; Viet Dreams; Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund; Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation; Voluntary Service Overseas; VIA (Volunteers In Asia) Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH) Vietnam Friendship Village Project; 4T - Vietnam Youth Education Support Center
Thus began a yearly tradition of summer volunteering that was officially established in 1966 as Volunteers in Asia. [1] In response to the Vietnam War, two-year positions were created for conscientious objectors seeking alternative service opportunities in Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Taiwan or Nepal.
The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order (10924) of President John F. Kennedy and authorized by Congress the following September by the Peace Corps Act.
Conscription in Vietnam has existed since 1975 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 25 (18 to 27 for those who attend colleges or universities) to perform compulsory military service. [1] Women are not required to perform military service, but they may voluntarily join the military. [disputed – discuss]
[13] [14] Nine volunteers died in Laos and Vietnam, seven due to hostile action, and three others were captured, one was released within weeks and two were imprisoned in North Vietnam for about five years. [8] [1] [15] The first volunteer to lose his life was Peter M. Hunting, killed in an ambush in the Mekong Delta in 1965. [16]
The Global Volunteer Network (GVN) is a Charitable Trust based in Wellington, New Zealand and offers volunteer opportunities in community projects throughout the world. [1] GVN's vision is to support the work of local community organizations in developing countries through the placement of international volunteers.
The Vietnam War entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia asserts that Canada's record on the truce commissions was a pro-Saigon partisan one. [48] Under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Immigration and Citizenship Canada notably accepted approximately 40,000 American draft evaders and military deserters as legal immigrants despite U.S. pressure. [49]
The Church has its origins in an American mission in 1957. [1] It was founded in 1964.The Mennonite Central Committee, which is the social service branch of the Mennonite Church, was one of the few Western charitable organizations to continue work in Vietnam after the Northern regime communist victory in 1975 and the subsequent reunification of the country.
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