Show I Refugees of the world come together Susan Roylance Staff Reporter The day started with witha a soccer game between Sudanese and Karen B Burmese unnes e refugees The Karen players were much shorter but they played with great determination and energy World Refugee Day festivities were held in inthe inthe inthe the park behind Granite High School The day was filled with soc soccer er games from 9 am a.m. to 4 4 pm p.m. and performing groups from 4 pm p.m. to 8 pm p.m. Look around and you will see people from all over the world said Klaich Program Manager for Catholic Community Servi Services es one of the resettlement agencies More than refugees have resettled in Utah since 1983 They have come from countries in Africa Eastern Europe Asia and Central America mostly during times of o f political unrest or war They speak a combined total o of over 50 native languages In the past year the largest number of refugees has come from the Karen state in Myanmar Burma Bunna They were driven out o otheir of their homes by the ruthless military leaders that now control the country Some of the children were born in the refugee camps i in Thailand Everest a Karen student at arrived arrive in November of 2007 with his wife and two children He is also working as an a interpreter for the Utah Department of Workforce Services Orphaned children will soon be arriving in Utah and is looking for fo r foster parents for these thes e children These are mostly Y eY Asian children Karen and Chin but there will also be some orphans from Africa Families will need to be licensed and trained to receive one of these children For further information contact Batar 4 IV d t e 0 t r rIV 1 y lr t tF ts t s s F J. J f z Photo by Susan Roylance Everest a Karen refugee blows an ancient horn from Burma at In America on World Refugee Day Karen refugees joined with refugees from Sudan Somalia and Sierra Leone to play soccer Mohammed Hassan a refugee from Iraq arrived in the US U.S. two days before World Refugee Day America is very beautiful y he said America America Acou of freedom 1 |