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ENGL 6750, Summer 2015: Voices: Karen Refugees in Cache Valley, Utah: Hopes and Dreams for the Future

Kyaw Eh:

"Okay, so in the future my dreams are maybe one day I would like to go back to my country. I would like to help the people who need help."

"We have to love each other. We need to help each other. We have to help that people: even the black, yellow, white, or whatever. We don’t have any discrimination–it’s not good; we need to help each other. That’s why I’m here, I like America."

Kyaw Eh audio

Snay Tun:

"After I have finished college, I'm not really sure what to do yet. But I thought if I get my degree, I might plan to go to back to Thailand."

"I can speak better than I used to before. So, yeah. I'm proud of that, so I can like help my family and my brother who need my help later on."

Snay Tun audio

Aye Win:

"My dad is still in Burma. And I want to go back. I just don’t have the money to go back yet. So, yeah. One day."

"For my future dream I would say for my four children I really want them to have education. I really want them to have knowledge you know. Even if me and my husband die. I’m sure they would still be able to live and support themselves with what they learned."

Aye Win audio

Eh Htoo:

"Of course I want to go back home: all my family is back there, I want to go back home; but before I can go back I need to make sure that, Karen state is safe and has protection. Right now that is not the case, so what I’m doing is I’m working, if I have a lot of money then I will send some to my family each month."

"So as long as there isn’t any war – as long as there isn’t any fighting then yeah, I don’t mind living in Logan."

Eh Htoo Hopes and Dreams 004 - 5_29_15, 4.50 PM.m4a

Eh Htoo audio

Tun Lay:

"For me, my family, my children, my family, my wife – for my family – I don’t have any dreams for us, but I do believe in God and I pray for us (for me and for my family) you know, to be healthy, to stay happy."

Tun Lay audio

Pyo Nwe:

"Yeah, like I said, I grew up as a refugee, and I wanted to go back to school but I couldn’t. But now I’m here in United States. I want to give my children the opportunity to go to school here, graduate, have a better education here. After then, I would like them to go back to Burma and help out other people, to tell them what they learned; to give back to the people in Burma."

"For me, I want to help my people, but I can’t. I know I can’t. But for my children, yeah, sure they can one day."

Pyo Nwe Hopes and Dreams 004 - 5_29_15, 4.03 PM.m4a

Pyo Nwe audio