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COMMITMENT OF ROOTS OF PEACE: THE AREAS DECONTAMINATED ARISE cocoa plantations The U.S. back in Vietnam. For demining
Project from $ 400,000 to clean up the land mines placed by bombs during the war 40 years ago. Rimini - The first $ 400,000 already available. Of course, this money can not never compensate what has been, but it is certainly a way to apologize. Yes, because today, 35 years after the end of the war in Vietnam, the United States in return for that country reclaimed from land mines. Those same mines that the Americans hid under the treacherous terrain and the crops of poor farmers. Once the fields - now obviously unusable - will be released, we will plant cacao trees.
OBJECTIVE COCOA - "Mines to Chocolate" (translated plays' chocolate instead of bombs ") is the latest project dell'infaticabile humanitarian organization Roots of Peace . It is they who since 1997 have demined fields traitors throughout the world in one by one, have discovered and neutralized 100,000 mines. From Afghanistan to Angola, Iraq and Croatia. A huge amount when you consider that it is difficult to eliminate even one of mine. A bit depressing but, when they tell you that right now the planet is hidden where you least expect something like 70 million mines. The nice thing is that Root of Peace has a future for the people: Instead of planting mines sprout tea, vines, potatoes, and now, Vietnam with chocolate. The climate is suitable. The land the right ones. ... read the full article by Daniela Camboni
