FROM THE JUNGLES TO THE CAMPS

JUNGLE LIFE

• Many of the hmoung died in the jungle because of hunger ot thrist
• They also deid because of illness but that was there only option
• Or elses theyed be killed by the communist or would be in the army
• Familys live in the jungle for years and some still do because of fear
• And they dont know if its over so they still hide

THE WAR ENDS

• After many years of the war the united states lost the war
• The us troops left veitnam and laos for safety
• The hmong solider who fought for us were now in grave danger
• But the ones who didn't fight for the us were safe and sound

THE KILLING CONTINUES

• The veitnamiese solider hunted down hmong who server for the secert army
• And tried to kill them and ther families there was no one to protect them
• Some of the hmong surrendered hopful that the communist didnt kill them
• They were slaves for the communist and work for the communist
• Some of them were daring enough to leave loas to escape for slavery

THE MEKONG RIVER DEATH IN THE WATER

• Ro escape the had to cross the Mekong river some of them couldn't swim
• On the other side of the river was thai land there was refuge
• Some people died trying to cross to be free from the communist
• It could take three hour to cross the river on average
• Communist shot people crossing and you could see dead bodies

REFUGEE CAMPS

• From the 1975 -1990 hundreds of thousand fled loas
• Nobody knows how many people fled loas the people who did useally went to thailand
• One of the largest camps was called ban vinai there was More than 45,000 people lived there
• Ban vinai h ad a heath clinic ,school ,lake ,and refugees could study english

LIVING CONDITION

• Most refugee at the camps lived in little Bamboo barracks
• As many as ten families lived in Each barrack alone
• Some families had little spaces for a garden but mostly had to rely on the camps food
• Somtimes people in the camp shared a toilet with up to 200 other refugees

FAMILY

• In the camps tried hard to follow there customs
• There belief is that family is very important to the hmong
• When they lived as before in groups or clans before the war
• As many of four genoration lived to geter