The California-based humanitarian organisation, Roots of Peace, was set up in memory of Princess Diana, who was an avid campaigner against landmines.
Roots of Peace, which is dedicated to the removal of landmines and the replanting and rebuilding of the war-torn regions, has demanded the eradication of all landmines in Quang Tri province in Vietnam by Earth Day 2020.
Today there are still millions of landmines in Vietnam over 40 years after the war ended.
Since 1975, these landmines have killed 42,000 Vietnamese people and injured more than 62,000.
The charity wants to ensure there are no mines and commence replanting in Quang Tri, where more than 80 per cent of the land remains heavily mined.
Prince Harry has honoured his mother’s promise not to forget the victims of landmines.
He said his mother had been “shocked and appalled by the impact that landmines were having on incredibly vulnerable people and on children in particular”.
Prince Harry said: “She did not understand why more people were not willing to address the cause of so much suffering.”
In April, Prince Harry invited the Roots of Peace Founder Heidi Kuhn and her family to Kensington Palace, as he called for the eradication of all landmines by 2025.
Prince Harry said: “Somewhere in the world right now, a parent is making the grimmest of choices to risk cultivating mine-contaminated land, or to let their family starve.”
The mission to demine and replant in Quang Tri will cost millions in order to make the land safe.
The CEO of Roots of Peace decided to set up the charity after she became inspired by Princess Diana’s tireless work on the issue.
In the January before Diana’s tragic death, she visited Angola with the HALO Trust to help to fight against the deadly landmines.