What does your child do when they wake up?
One early morning I woke up in a very remote area, in a place where normal life seems to be non-existent. To find any of the necessities of life there is very difficult. There is no electricity, and to simply have water requires one to travel distances carrying a jerrycan. My friend and his two siblings live in this remote area in a very small house made of mud, with grass on the top as a roof. Many other people from different countries who fled war and conflict live in that
Why I don’t call myself a “refugee” anymore
America has been known for its generosity in welcoming refugees and immigrants from all over the world. Since 1948, the U.S. has opened its doors to European refugees, followed by those fleeing communist regimes largely from Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, Korea and China and in the 1960s with Cuban refugees fleeing Fidel Castro. During Vietnam in 1975, USA resettled hundreds of thousands of Indo-Chinese refugees to America. This is only to name a few, there are so many more gro
Is becoming a refugee a choice?
Many people who have not lived in a conflict zone have trouble understanding the refugee situation – how and why someone becomes a refugee in the first place. Some people even think it is a choice. Let me tell you, no one wants to become a refugee. It’s never a choice, but circumstances that creates a refugee. Before someone becomes a refugee they have been living a normal life just like any other person. Their lifestyle might not have been luxurious or fancy but at least the
