Hka Tawm has a dream for her 4-year-old son. Her dream is that she wants him to learn English, get an education and grow up to help people just as others have helped her family.
Tawm, 34, is a refugee who, with her husband and son, fled the ethnic violence that has engulfed Burma (Burma officially changed its name in English to the Union of Myanmar in 1989. Tawm and her interpreter still refer to it as Burma.).
They escaped to a refugee camp in Malaysia, then were resettled on refugee status in Savannah.
Tawm said in an interview this week through an interpreter that she is thankful for the help with food, housing and employment her family has received from Lutheran Services of Georgia in Savannah during the seven months they’ve been here. (Courtesy of SavannahNow)
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