MEMORIES of PFAC Palawan Part 2

 

ELEANOR G. STEWART and BENNY G. ONG

Shared some of their memories of PFAC Palawan. Please send me a PM if you want to share yours. Every week, I will be sharing 2 memories written by members of the VOLAGS in the past, starting March 24, 2025.

 

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Memories of PFAC Palawan Part 1

 

GEMMA LEDESMA and DWIGHT RUSSEL

Shared some of their memories in PFAC Palawan. Please send me a PM if you want to share yours. Every week, I will be sharing 2 memories written by members of the VOLAGS in the past, starting March 24, 2025.

 

Teachers Gemma, Tina, Andrew, and Violy

 

Dwight with the VRC Receptionists

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In Seach of A Missing Brother

PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY MISSING BROTHER

If you have some information about Tri or Chi, please help his sister reunite with him. Tri was in PFAC in 1986 to 1987.  

Please read the story below for more information.  Click to enlarge the picture for easy reading.

 

Still Missing PFAC Palawan

 PFAC Palawan Forever Lingers in My Heart

Thanh's original story he wrote  in Vietnamese language was translated and re-edited by Andrew Taylor for PFAC Palawan.

Remembering PFAC Palawan (the VRC)

PFAC Palawan - Our Second Home

This is our new PFAC Palawan blog and Facebook cover.

This is the Caodaist Temple. It was located next to the Red Cross on the left on VRC Main Street.

This is the PFAC Palawan main gate. It had 24-hour military security provided by WESCOM and the Philippine government.

This is the IOM/ICM Office. It used to stand across from the Catholic Church.

This is the UNHCR Field Office in Zone One. Refuge interviews by different countries took place in this building.

This is one of the authentic boats which sailed across the West Philippine Sea from South Vietnam.

This is the Roman Catholic Church inside PFAC. The priests all came from abroad to serve the Christian population of the camp.

This is the main building of the Refugee Camp. You can see the Media Communication Center and the Mail Section on the left.

This is the PFAC Evangelical Church. It used to stand next to the Caodaist Temple and across from the Catholic Church.

This is the Buddhist Temple. It used to be located between the Red Cross and the Caodaist Temple.

 

This communal restroom was located in every zone. Refugee families had keys to access them and were responsible for their cleanliness.

 

For the record, PFAC was originally called 'The Vietnamese Refugee Camp' or the 'VRC'. PFAC stands for the Philippine First Asylum Center (or Camp).