Picture Books for Refugee Camps
Refugees are escaping regional conflict and persecution. Surviving in a new place,/they are afraid of losing their cultural identity. Food, clothing and housing/are not enough for refugees. To help them keep their identity,/educational support is needed/in their mother tongue.
Children living in refugee camps/along the Thailand-Myanmar border/are at an extreme disadvantage. They have almost no books/written in their mother tongue, Karen. A Japanese NGO collected traditional Karen stories and folktales/from the children’s culture,/then prepared picture books/in their mother tongue. The NGO also collected Japanese picture books,/adding stickers in Karen. Every day,/many children enjoy these books/in the refugee camp libraries. They loved the books/and asked for more.
Picture books/written in their mother tongue/help refugee children keep their cultural identity/and find hope for the future.
Refugees are escaping regional conflict and persecution. Surviving in a new place,/they are afraid of losing their cultural identity. Food, clothing and housing/are not enough for refugees. To help them keep their identity,/educational support is needed/in their mother tongue.
Children living in refugee camps/along the Thailand-Myanmar border/are at an extreme disadvantage. They have almost no books/written in their mother tongue, Karen. A Japanese NGO collected traditional Karen stories and folktales/from the children’s culture,/then prepared picture books/in their mother tongue. The NGO also collected Japanese picture books,/adding stickers in Karen. Every day,/many children enjoy these books/in the refugee camp libraries. They loved the books/and asked for more.
Picture books/written in their mother tongue/help refugee children keep their cultural identity/and find hope for the future.