Question

How long was Bebe in a refugee camp? What was it like?

Answer 1

Families got food every 15 days and got donated clothes from Japan and every year they had to build their bamboo homes cause the rain damage. 

Answer 2

Hi!

As you may know, Bebe was born in Thailand in the Mae La refugee camp amongst other 45,000 Burmese refugees.

In the reading we can find some paragraphs that describe what life was like at the refugee camp, for instance:

- “Since there weren't many jobs available outside the camp, people often worked in the fields planting vegetables. Generally though, there weren't really jobs available on the outside, so most young people would work inside the camps after graduating high school”;

- “If you walk one hour and a half or two hours you get to the border and the Burmese soldiers would shoot over."

-“many young people would also marry early because they don't know what else to do.”

To this we can add that the UN didn't provide income for the refugees; they were just given food and a place to live.

Bebe was in the refugee camp ever since she was born until 2007 when she moved to America.