Just imagine
You and your family have been living in Burma. Actually, no. You have been TRYING to live in Burma but for many years there has been persecution of your tribe of people by various groups, so your family, and many others, have been forced to retreat into the jungle for your safety. You stay there for many many years until finally it seems safe to come out. Only to find out that it is not safe, and you have to go back into the jungle. You have never in your lifetime had access to running water, electricity, school, or any sort of health care. Suddenly, a handful of countries offer to take you as a refugee. 250 of you are brought to Canada, of which 80 come to Calgary. You are plopped into a Kindergarten classroom with, remember, no previous exposure to water, electricity... Oh, and since there are only a few thousand of your people in the world, there is nobody in Calgary who can translate your needs into English for everybody else to understand. My god, how do they do it?


1 Comments:
ohmigoodness hon.
that's so sad.
really.
hmm.
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