
                                Tarot


                                                September 20, 1992

   Introduction:

        Thank you for down-loading Tarot, a small Windows utility program
    that gives a tarot spread. I wrote Tarot to aid the Vietnamese refugee
    children without parents who are in refugee camps in the Philippines.

        The Center for Aid to Displaced Persons, CADP, is an agency run by
    the Philippine Daughters of Charity of the Catholic church which
    provides shelter, counseling and education to the unaccompanied minors
    in the Philippines First Asylum Camp (PFAC).  If you enjoy Tarot, I
    beg you to make a donation to CADP (no matter how small).  You may send
    the money directly to CADP or you may send it to Hong Bang, an
    organization in New Orleans that works closely with CADP.  Hong Bang
    will forward any money received for CADP directly with no overhead
    costs of any kind.  Both CADP and Hong Bang are nonprofit
    agencies staffed through volunteers.  Hong Bang is dedicated to
    improving the health, education and social welfare of Vietnamese,
    and has helped volunteers work in the refugee camps.


   Address:

   CADP, Inc.                      CADP, Inc.
   PO Box 4278                     c/o Hong Bang
   Manila 1082, Philippines        2476 Park Place Dr.
                                   Gretna, LA 70053

   Excerpts from CADP's Mission Statement:

          The Care for the most vulnerable groups among refugees

        Un-Accompanied Minor Refugees (UAM): These are youngsters from 3 to
   6 years of age.  They are alone in the camp without the guidance of elder
   siblings or relatives.  Upon assessment, they would be placed, with their
   consent, in foster home care under the guidance of the adults who would
   be recruited, trained and supervised by the professional staff.  In these
   homes they would enjoy guided family relationships among members whose
   roles and functions are clearly described and made known for the whole
   group.  There are assigned adults who act as their counselors to guide
   and defend them in case they get into trouble.

        The UAM enjoy attentive concerns from the staff who coordinate with
   the schools so that all UAM attend formal education, language and
   vocational training.  The adults are aware of the youth's needs for
   affection, privacy and adventure.  They also have greater intakes than
   the ordinary people.  Thus food supplement for breakfast is granted.
   Clothing and footwear are supplied to them periodically upon their
   counselor's requisition.  Group discussions on topics that interest them,
   sports training in soccer, volleyball, basketball, table tennis,
   VoViNam martial arts, are available to the UAM.  Periodically, the UAM
   are sent to the seas for picnics, camping and sport competitions with
   Filipino Youth.  Character training is conducted on these occasions.

        Rehabilitation for the Handicapped Refugees:  UNHCR showed an
   acute interest in the fate of this vulnerable group.  CADP reinforced
   these concerns by accepting to conduct a special rehabilitation program
   for all the handicapped.  They have tutorial classes for the mentally
   slow learners, the braille and sign language training for the blind and
   the deaf-mute individuals.  They also undergo vocational and language
   training on a personal basis.  Physical therapy is available for
   motivated individuals.   The handicapped's families and neighbors are
   included in the reorientation of their attitude towards the impaired
   individuals.  Through the activities, the handicapped refugees learn to
   develop a strong sense of self sufficiency in all their daily activities.


                                CADP's AIMS

        1. CADP uses Advocacy and Clarification as methods by which the
           refugee's legitimate aspirations can be heard and their
           responsibilities as members of a free world can be made known
           to them.

        2. CADP mobilizes people to participate in the management of their
           human and dignified life, as responsible persons and as children
           of God.

        3. CADP searches to fully meet the crucial needs of people who could
           not function normally in society, due to their physical and
           social impediments by a discrimination distribution of resources
           in favor of the most deprived.

        CADP was born with needs of the refugees in the first months of
   their Exodus.  CADP wishes to see the Displaced Persons end their
   marginal life in the country the had opted to stay for the past 17 years.
   CADP pledges to see the last of the asylum seeker off safely, to wherever
   their final destinations may be, providing them compassion as CADP
   walks with them in their painful journey.

                        from The Mission of CADP, Inc. 1975 - 1992
                             by Sr. Pascale Le thi Triu, DC
                             Director and Program Coordinator


   About Tarot:

        This program does the Celtic Cross Tarot spread.  When it is
   executed, the deck is shuffled and dealt.  There are ten buttons
   corresponding to each card position.  Click on a button and the
   card is displayed along with its name and its divinatory meaning.
   Click on the card name button to close the window.  The menu
   has options to reshuffle the deck and create a new spread, disable
   the sounds, show the meaning of the card positions and the suits
   of the cards or browse the tarot deck.

        I wrote this program in hope that some kindhearted people
   enjoy it enough to help CADP care for the poor, lonely children
   in the camps.  Everyday the situation grows worse for the refugees and
   for children with no parents in the camps the situation is becoming
   unbearable.  CADP helps them to endure by providing them with
   counselling, education, recreation and shelter.  I pray to God that
   this program in some way helps the volunteers in CADP to continue
   their good work.  Working as a volunteer for CADP was one of the
   most fulfilling experiences of my life, and it breaks my heart to
   see the conditions of the refugees in the camps today.


   Distribution:

        This program may be freely distributed without cost, provided
   that it is not changed in any way.  The current version is 3.2.
   Bug reports and comments and suggestions can be sent to Anthony Nguyen
   in care of Hong Bang.


   A Closing Plea:

        I hope this program Tarot Version 3.2 will move people to help
   CADP help the refugee children in Palawan, the Philippines.  The
   situation for the refugee children continues to grow worse every day.
   It's hard to believe the world cares so little for the suffering of
   children.  Images on TV bombard us here with so much suffering that we
   sometimes become numb and cynical only to protect ourselves.  But please
   never forget that as individuals, we can do a lot to help one another.
   These children are desperate for shelter and education and their future
   depends on the kindness of others like you.  Please help.

                                               Good-bye and God bless you,



                                                Anthony Nguyen
                                                Vestal, NY
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