Saturday, May 16, 2015

REMEMBERING THE VRC PALAWAN

THE VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CAMP PALAWAN
Looking back, I realized how organized PFAC Palawan had been. We had UNHCR, Schools teaching English, French and Vietnamese languages, WESCOM that took care of the security of the refugees, a hospital with first class highly competent doctors and efficient nurses, a dental office, two libraries, a Catholic Church, a Buddhist Temple, a Caodaist Temple, a Christian Church, Red Cross office, a Daycare Center, a Vietnamese Restaurant, a bakery, many convenient stores, an improvised movie house, a coffee shop and a canteen, a counselling office, an accompanied minors' home, IOM, HTC, ARMDEV, CADP and BRACE etc. PFAC was a community or a small village. Nostalgic indeed.

 Water was supplied by this truck in the event of unexpected shortage.
 Field trips
 Sweet smiles from Huyen
 HTC-PFAC Graduation
 CADP Sister

 HTC-PFAC School Physical Education Day
 Vietnamese Scouts with Muriel Knox
 Vietnamese Language School for Children
 Happy Children
 Inside the PFAC Roman Catholic Church
 Bon Voyage Party
 Fetch a pail of water
 UNHCR and IOM Volunteers
 PFAC Photographers
 The Billets
The PFAC Main Stage