International Rescue Committee (IRC)

American Dream

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Hai Doo (in gray sweater), his wife Paw Sen and their children take a break from moving in. They were the 200th family to realize the American dream under a home buying program for refugees begun in 2001 by the IRC’s Phoenix office. (Photo: Loren Anderson)
Cassandra Doo (3) and Eh Thayou Paw (7) have fun in their parents’ room in the new house. (Photo: Loren Anderson)
Eh Thayou Paw (7), Yu Eh Paw (10) and Ta How Paw (14) hang out in their own room. (Photo: Loren Anderson)
Eh Thayou Paw (7) (Photo: Loren Anderson)
Paw Hay Wah (5, front) and Serr Nay Paw (9) (Photo: Loren Anderson)
Cassandra Doo (3) (Photo: Loren Anderson)
The family proudly poses for a group portrait in front of the house. “When I was living in the refugee camp, I didn’t think it would be possible to have a home again,” says new homeowner Hai Doo. “Now I feel like my dream has come true.” (Photo: Loren Anderson)

A Burmese refugee family who resettled in Phoenix in 2006 moves into their new home, purchased under an IRC home buying program.

Photos by Loren Anderson