(Part 4 of 4) Pam and Harry – PAM Most of the people who work for us are teenagers. I give them all a chance. People say they have to have experience, but I say if you don’t give them experience, how can they get it? I always encourage them, and if they pass...
(Part 3 of 4) Pam and Harry – HARRY I was nearly 10 when the Vietnam war started. We saw dead people every day and we had to move around every day to stay safe. 8 years later, after the war finished, my family were no longer able to stay because of our Chinese...
(Part 2 of 4 – Pam and Harry) PAM On the first day I came here, it was just like heaven. We got welcomed, and went to the Wacol Hotel, where we lived for one and a half years. Our family went from having no food every day to having food every day. Heaven. If we...
(Part 1 of 4) Pam and Harry – PAM My story is very dramatic. I came from a well educated, very wealthy family in Vietnam, but because my grandparents were working for the government, they were kidnapped by the Communists, together with my father and three other...
(Part 2 of 2) Before I came to Brisbane, I was a bit worried about how I would go, as I didn’t have much education, and I thought that maybe because I was black, I would face some discrimination. I had the idea I would go and work on a farm, and just try to give my...
(Part 1 of 2) Armed struggle started in Eritrea in the month I was born. Growing up, I remember we had to avoid the Ethiopian soldiers because they would rape you and kill you if they saw you. Most of my family was influenced by politics, including my older brothers –...
