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State Department Announces $60,000 Matching Challenge To Clear Path

The U.S. State Department has announced it will match up to $60,000 in contributions made by any grassroots and private-sector donors to Clear Path International’s landmine accident survivor assistance work in central Vietnam.

The matching period will last at least through the rest of 2006. This means contributions sent by mail or on the organization’s website will be eligible for the match from the State Department.

The dollar-for-dollar matching challenge was one of two grants for Clear path International announced by the State Department’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement. The government agency said it would also contribute $75,000 towards Clear Path’s initiative to construct a rice production facility in Cambodia where hundreds of landmine victims will learn farm-based skills in the coming years.