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1:45 pm -- COPE - your charitable act of the trip
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Price:
FREE
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Duration:
45 minutes
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Address:
Boulevard Khouvieng, Vientiane
Consider this your 'feel-good' destination of the day - learn about the impact of cluster
bombsusedoverthedecades-andhowthecenteraimstohelppeoplewhohavelostlegsor
been injured by UXO (unexploded ordinance) left over from the wars. There are a couple
of short documentaries to go with the souvenirs and coffee shop.
If you've brought the coin with you, you can even buy a prosthetic leg and change
someone's life for about $75.
COPE, in case you were curious, stands for 'Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enter-
prise'.
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