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Sunday, December 18, 2011
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Boy Scout at Site II (1)
Some more pictures of Boy Scout at Site II
This one with Father Pierre Ceyrac
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October 06, 2011
Khẩn cầu giúp đỡ
Đàm Phi Vân, sinh năm 1961Vượt biên qua ngỏ Battambang, khoảng giửa 1980 (21 tuổi lúc vượt biên)Ai biết tin tức xin email hay comment bên dưới.Gia đình tị nạn biên giới xin ghi ơn
Hình chụp tháng 1/1980
Tôi mạo muội viết thư này đến anh, trên con đường đi tìm thông tin về em trai của mình mất tích trên đường vượt biên từ Battambang sang Thái Lan. Sau nhiều đêm không ngủ tôi đã ngồi đọc những bài viết của anh cũng như bài viết, những dòng trả lời anh từ những người khác. Tôi chỉ còn biết gửi thư này đến anh với một hy vọng mong manh là nhờ anh, nhờ những người anh quen biết và những ai đó đến với trang...
September 06, 2011
Father Thomas Dunleavy
Father Thomas Dunleavy, his Chinese son, Sieu is still in touch with him. He is still in Thailand and continuing to dedicate his life helping refugees.
(Pictures from Sieu)
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August 30, 2011
Bạn Xưa
Tuần vừa đi chơi biển Destin Florida, gặp lại người bạn củ ngày xưa ở trại Dongrek là thầy Đạt, nay thầy đả là cha Dominic của một họ đạo mỹ thành phố Niceville, Florida.
Cha Dominic, Cường, Hưng
Cha Dominic... phát chẩn
Quay quần với những người bạn củ và mới
Cha Dominic tại xứ đạo thành phố Niceville Flori...
August 08, 2011
July 30, 2011
Transit Camps
The refugees at the border camps eventually got interviewed, accepted, and settled in a country: Australia, Denmark, French, Sweden, Malaysia, and others. Many got accepted by the US. All the lucky refugees had to be transported to Panatnikhom camp for a month or so to complete paper work and health screening before flying to the final destination.
For those who went to the US, they had to go to either Bataan or Galang to study English and learn about the life in America
Below are the links to the news and pictures of the camps that had become part of our journey to freedom. Gaylord Barr captured those moments when he worked at the camps as an English teacher.
- Pulau Galang Refugee Camp - Indonesia
- Bataan - Philippines Refugees Processing Center (PRPC)
- Panatnikhom (to come)
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July 14, 2011
Translator Lights Way for Newcomers
Sean Do, or Do Chi Sieu as he is known to many refugees at the border camps, was highlighted in an article in the San Francisco Examiner back in 2000.
To refresh your mind, Sean Do can speak and write fluently English, French, Danish, Cambodia, Vietnamese, and the popular Chinese Chew-Chow, as well as several other Chinese dialects.
At the camps, Sieu was always a hope to many refugee who looked for him for help. Here is the US, Sean is a light that shines the way to many people who just simply get lost in a strange legal system
Please click on the article image and zoom in to read ...
June 28, 2011
Khao-I-Dang Pictures
More Khao-I-Dang pictures
One of the two water tower at the camp
Arial view
Another arial view, at one time the camp housed 160,000 Cambodian refugees
UNBRO Water tanks
UNBRO water trucks came every day to supply water
Not sure what the scene is about, maybe the refugees were waiting to be transported to another site
Closer to the ground view of the camp
Inside the camp
Water tanks and trucks
an administration building
Scene after a fire that destroyed section of the camp in 1...
June 07, 2011
Khao-I-Dang
Vietnamese refugees did not live at Khao-I-Dang camp, however, many Vietnamese were transported to Khao-I-Dang whenever they need medical attention that the clinic at the Vietnamese platform could not provide, such as surgeries, tooth extraction, or need to be observed.
Many of us may recognize Khao-I-Dang from these pictures.
Entrance to the Khao-I-Dang
The water tower, landmark at Khao-I-Dang
"Dentist chair" in Khao-I-Dang
Another view of "Dentist chair" in Khao-I-Dang
Inside Khao-I-Dang hospital...
June 02, 2011
Some Pictures at Nong Chan
This picture was taken in 1979, when the first wave of Cambodian refugees arrived at Nong Chan camp
Another aerial view of Nong Chan refugee camp
The ubiquitous square water tanks. These tanks were deployed first anywhere there were refugees
The Thailand bus that UNHCR contracted to transfer refugees between camps
Cambodian refugees waited for food at a distribution area, Nong Chan 1980
A Red Cross truck carried food supply to the refugees, Nong Chan 1...
