THY TRAN - "I Regret"

"I regret how fortunate I was to have arrived safely by plane while thousands of refugees who left before me died in open sea seeking a better life."

 

Memories of PFAC Palawan (Part 6)

 

HTC-PFAC TEACHER MARICOR TORRECAMPO  Shared some of her memories of PFAC Palawan. Please send me a PM if you wanna share yours. Every week, starting March 24, 2025. I will be sharing 2 memories written by members of the VOLAGS in the past.

 

JVA / IOM PFAC American Volunteer Karen

JVA / IOM volunteer Karen Inez from the United States of America volunteered her services to IOM and the United Nations serving Vietnamese refugees in Palawan, Philippines.

 

Some of the important tasks that she did was to issue IOM Bags - the large white plastic bag issued to refugees at the time of travel to the U.S. in order to carry medical and other documents, including the DS-2053, immunization records, and overseas chest X rays. 

JVA stands for Joint Voluntary Agency. It is now called OPE - Overseas Processing Entity.

First set of Photo collections from PFAC Palawan submitted to our blog by Karen Inez.