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Banthad Refugee Camp Memoire: Unit 6B10 - BanThad - Jan 21, 2008 5:42am
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I've lived in Banthad when I was young since the day Banthad refugee camp was created. Somehow its images are still with me after many years. It's actually where the best memories of my life time are associated with. This camp was created fresh from the bare land fields. I came to this camp just to see only bare roofs of all residence units. All units were built in haste with only supporting pillars below the roof-tops. The whole camp was made of bamboo pillars and palm-leaf roofs. Our group of boat people were assigned unit 6B10 (Section 6, row B, unit #10).

The first night was most memorable for this camp. Our group spread out the given blue nylon tarps under the given roof. These nylon tarps were extremely slippery as they were brand new. The rough dirt and soil surface was barely even to rest in full stretch. I curled up in one single lowered spot that my body couldn't slide to another place. Perhaps it held my whole body well with the ground curved downward. The green grass was growing freely on the floor under the roof. The soil was dark gray and seemed very fertile. Green young shoots of all kinds of grass and plants flourished. Some of the green leaves caught my hand as I laid at night on the cool floor with my arm swung wide beyond the tarp covering the ground. The leaves of the grass and small plants were cool to the touch. They were very soft and gentle. I could smell the sweet earth fragrance as the night went by. Some moments, I woke-up and opened my eyes just only to see the dark roof. But there were some stars managed to peak through the gaps of the dry palm leaves.

I woke up that morning with a refreshing feeling. I felt safer and secure in this location. I felt like I didn't have to prepare to move anytime soon. Older adults of the group had left to the central meeting place to get building supplies and other items that the UNHCR was distributing. I saw some tools such as knives, machete, hammer & nails. And a whole lot more dried palm leaves padded up in patches for roof and wall construction.

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