But the recent wave of refugees have come from poor, war-torn countries in Africa, such as Burundi, and many of the children have grown up in refugee camps, where there is no private space, no bathroom and little more than rice to eat. This fall there will be nine new students at Paynter who have come from refugee camps, Mrs. DeFilippo said.
They may have not ever have had socks before. Deodorant --they've never seen it," Ms. Mohammed said. "These children have lived well below the poverty line in any urban area in the United States."
She said there have been instances of refugee students spending their days in the rest rooms at school because they are fascinated by the water faucets.
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Mary Niederberger can be reached at mniederberger@post-gazette.com or 412-851-1512.
2 comments:
After reading this article ,
I realized ,this woman has ignored the Refugees rights ,she went on comparing Burundian refugee as rubbish, it is ridiculous.
Will personally write to her a reminder,will also let her know who we are,maybe she does not know they are burundian refugees out who can critisize the bad newspapaper
JP
I guess you are right, and she is also an imigrant from Somalia. But I was surprised by the fact that she doesn't want to be americanised herself: Why does she keep the islamic veil on her head? I did additional research about her. This is totally unacceptable.
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