Coverage, conversations, field documentation
Media
Videos from the field, podcast and radio appearances, third-party reporting on WHWV, and the news articles Jim has reprinted in full as an act of preservation. Each item links back to the post where it originally appeared.
Videos
Field documentation produced by Jim and the WHWV team. Click a thumbnail to play — videos load only on click, no third-party cookies are set in advance.
Audio & Podcasts
Radio interviews and podcast appearances that put WHWV's work into national audio circulation.
In the News
Third-party press coverage of We Help War Victims, mostly concentrated in 2004–2011 when WHWV's work was a regular subject of US national reporting.
Wausau Daily Herald
Bomb Removal Activist Joins Forces With Seventh-Grader
Vietnam Magazine
Students Sell "Lollies for Laos"
Boston Globe
Among the Poorest, a Lesser-Known Scourge PDF
In These Times
Ban the Cluster Bomb PDF
Milwaukee Magazine — The Insider
Bombs Away PDF
Gourmet Karen Coates
Danger Fields PDF
Karen Coates' early reporting on Lao UXO, in which Jim and the team appear. Coates would become a recurring collaborator.
Wisconsin Public Television link no longer active
Jim Harris and We Help War Victims
WPT's "In Wisconsin" series profiles Jim Harris and WHWV. The original PBS streaming link is no longer active; the post discusses the segment.
Heifer International — World Ark
Heroes of Humanity PDF
Washington Post
U.S. Boosts Aid for Bomb Removal in Laos PDF
Associated Press
U.S. to Hike Aid to Remove Laos Bombs PDF
Reprinted Reporting
Some articles about Laos vanish from the public web within a few years of publication. Jim has reprinted these in full as an act of preservation. Each entry links to the WHWV page where the full article appears; the outlet name links to the original publisher when still live.
Vientiane Times ↻ reprinted in full
UXO Clearance Workers Laid Off
Global Post ↻ reprinted in full
On the Disappearance of Sombath Somphone
Investigation into the 2012 disappearance of Lao civil-society leader Sombath Somphone.
Vientiane Times ↻ reprinted in full
Interplast Medical Team Reconstructing Lives in Laos
Bangkok Post ↻ reprinted in full
Many Hmong Refugees from Wat Tham Krabok Will Remember Phra Gordon, "the Black Monk"
Vientiane Times ↻ reprinted in full
UXO a Daily Threat to Rural Families
KPL Lao News Agency ↻ reprinted in full
In Spite of Tragedy at Home, Japan Continues to Support UXO Removal in Laos
The Guardian ↻ reprinted in full
WikiLeaks Cables: Secret Deal Let Americans Sidestep Cluster Bomb Ban
Vientiane Times ↻ reprinted in full
Ten-Year-Old Killed, Sister Injured in Cluster Bomb Tragedy
New Zealand Government Press Release ↻ reprinted in full
NZ Will Donate $1.1 Million for Lao UXO Removal
Vientiane Times ↻ reprinted in full
Switzerland Makes Generous Donation for Lao UXO Removal
WHWV (Jim Harris) ↻ reprinted in full
Three UXO Clearance Workers Killed in Germany by WWII Bomb
Jim's reporting on a tragedy in Germany — a reminder that war claims victims long after the fighting stops.
Rambling Spoon (Karen Coates' blog) Karen Coates ↻ reprinted in full
Karen Coates' Diary of WHWV Field Cooking
Vientiane Times ↻ reprinted in full
UXO Survey Reveals Victim, Accident Figures
New York Times ↻ reprinted in full
Ignacio Ponseti, Hero to Many With Clubfoot, Dies at 95
Obituary of the Iowa doctor whose clubfoot treatment technique WHWV uses for Lao children. Reprinted on WHWV in 2011.