By  Michelle Mendonça Bambawale

The PGI was the centre for community activities. We learnt to play badminton and  there. We looked forward to the PGI’s long event calendar over Christmas. We did not notice the rundown buildings or the peeling paint. The toilets still haunt me, they were filthy and stinky. As young kids, the highlight was the annual Christmas tree party. We always had fashionable new custom-made dresses to wear. There were needle and thread, lime and spoon and sack races. The highlight was waiting for Santa Claus to give us our Christmas presents.