Fund for Reconciliation and Development
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Fund for Reconciliation and Development Is a non-profit organization supporting efforts for reconciliation between the United States and Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Cuba, as well as the development of these countries. It was established in 1985 as a US-Indochina Reconciliation Project (USIRP), which ensued from the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker program.
| Formation | 1985 |
|---|---|
| 23-2569447 | |
| Website | www.ffrd.org |
The organization aims at reaching fully normal diplomatic, cultural, educational, and economic relations between the United States and the above-mentioned countries.
Latest projects
- Mobilizing support for ratification of the trade agreement with Laos.
- Sending observers to the Cambodian national election in July 2003.
- Educating the American people and officials about the unmet moral responsibility for legacies of war such as Agent Orange.[1][2]
- Deepening and broadening relations of the US with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, and forestall efforts to reverse them on human rights and trade protection grounds.
- Initiating projects to bring to the US for training provincial level international cooperation staff and representatives of domestic NGOs and peoples organizations from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
- Mobilizing public and industry opinion to end restrictions on travel to Cuba.
Executive Director of FRD is John McAuliff.[3]
Fund for Reconciliation and Development is financed by foundations, US and European government agencies, international organizations, and private donations.[4]
