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Refugee Stories

เรื่องเล่าของผู้ลี้ภัย Refugee Stories
  • My Experience
    My village is located at Tenasserim River Bank. I had five family members that were my father, mother, my two siblings and me. I am the eldest daughter. I was 10 years old when I was in my village,...
  • My believe and expectation
    Each person or each group or each ethnic has its own definition of home, village, land, city, country, etc. I, as a person, was born in a peaceful village but I, as a person, have to grow up in an u...
  • My (refugee) life
    Each and every person living in this world has different experience in his/her life. Today I would like to share my life experience as a refugee with you. I am now 43 years old but I still remembe...
  • My Hope, My Dream
    Everyone has hope and dream in their life. Each person has his own hope and dream. Living without hope is living without life. When we were young, we always dream of being something or someone when...
  • Pa Shaw* A Strong Brother for Three Younger Ones
    He is a slim young boy with sad eyes, and is 15 years old. He has lived in a boys’ boarding house in a refugee camp since 2006. Pa Shaw said he came here with other people in the village after...
    Pa Shaw* A Strong Brother for Three Younger Ones
  • A Corner of the Refugee Camps for Children Without Parents Ta Lah Say* and Me Dwe*
    Late one morning, the ‘With You’ team visited another group of children without parents who stay in a girls’ boarding house. There are about 46 girls without parents and their ages range from 10-20 ye...
    A Corner of the Refugee Camps for Children Without Parents   Ta Lah Say* and Me Dwe*
  • Maredia From a teenage refugee to a social worker
    No matter how difficult it is to get a job with COERR, Maredia, a 22 years old has managed it. She has the job of her dreams, supporting unaccompanied children. She started it after she graduated fr...
    Maredia talks to Saw Mu Tay in his aunt’s house.@UNHCR/S.Nattapoolwat
  • Naw Lah Paw : No one left behind
    In 2006, Naw Lah Paw (not her real name), her husband and three children left their village, hid in the forest, walked along the rivers, passing one village after another. It took them one month to...
    Naw Lah Paw : No one left behind
  • Naw Hser Hser : Waiting patiently
    The story of Naw Hser Hser (not real name)’s family is not different from many other refugees living in camps along the Thai-Myanmar border. Their village was attacked, men were taken to becom...
    Naw Hser Hser : Waiting patiently
  • Lu Cea : A dream of a new home for two disabled children
    A 45 year old mom, Lu Cea had 13 children but only nine have survived. Among them, one boy and one girl have become disabled because they had a high fever when they were young. Kyaw Ti Noon, her 2...
    Lu Cea : A dream of a new home for two disabled children

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