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Photo Share: Getting around NYC


February 15, 2011
By The IRC
Photo: Steven Carbó, stevencarbophoto@yahoo.com

One family’s journey

  • Ma Aye Myint and Pa Pu Yu, Burmese refugees in New York City
  • Map of Thailand and Myanmar
  • Mae La refugee camp in Thailand near the Thailand, Myanmar border
  • Ma Aye Myint, Pa Pu Yu, Ler Pwe Htoo, Mya Thein and Saw Paw Kay at JFK airport
  • Pa Pu Yu and Ma Aye Myint share photos of their daughters and grandchildren
  • Burmese refugee Pa Pu Yu rides a New York City bus
  • Ma Aye Myint tries out an electronic fare card in the New York City subway.
  • Burmese refugee Ma Aye Myint at her new home in the Bronx
  • Kids at their new home in the Bronx
  • International Rescue Committee's Dah Thu checks in on the Mynt family
  • An International Rescue Committee staff and family with clothing donations
  • IRC resettlement staff brief the Myint family on school in the U.S.
  • The youngest Myint children visit the neighborhood school
  • Staff at the Bronx school welcome the family.
  • Pa Pu Yu and Ma Aye Myint pick up Saw Paw from his school in the Bronx
  • After resettling in New York City, the Myint family moved to San Diego, where they were reunited with one of their daughters who was eventually given permission to come to the U.S.. Ler Pwe Htoo -- Pa Pu Yu's oldest son -- now lives in Texas and works at a food processing plant.
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Refugees have been fleeing Myanmar for decades to escape civil strife, political upheaval and economic stagnation. IRC volunteers Steven Carbó and Jaya Jiwatram share the story of one family's first days in the United States after 20 years in a refugee camp in Thailand.

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One family’s journey

  • Ma Aye Myint and Pa Pu Yu, Burmese refugees in New York City
  • Map of Thailand and Myanmar
  • Mae La refugee camp in Thailand near the Thailand, Myanmar border
  • Ma Aye Myint, Pa Pu Yu, Ler Pwe Htoo, Mya Thein and Saw Paw Kay at JFK airport
  • Pa Pu Yu and Ma Aye Myint share photos of their daughters and grandchildren
  • Burmese refugee Pa Pu Yu rides a New York City bus
  • Ma Aye Myint tries out an electronic fare card in the New York City subway.
  • Burmese refugee Ma Aye Myint at her new home in the Bronx
  • Kids at their new home in the Bronx
  • International Rescue Committee's Dah Thu checks in on the Mynt family
  • An International Rescue Committee staff and family with clothing donations
  • IRC resettlement staff brief the Myint family on school in the U.S.
  • The youngest Myint children visit the neighborhood school
  • Staff at the Bronx school welcome the family.
  • Pa Pu Yu and Ma Aye Myint pick up Saw Paw from his school in the Bronx
  • After resettling in New York City, the Myint family moved to San Diego, where they were reunited with one of their daughters who was eventually given permission to come to the U.S.. Ler Pwe Htoo -- Pa Pu Yu's oldest son -- now lives in Texas and works at a food processing plant.
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Refugees have been fleeing Myanmar for decades to escape civil strife, political upheaval and economic stagnation. IRC volunteers Steven Carbó and Jaya Jiwatram share the story of one family's first days in the United States after 20 years in a refugee camp in Thailand.

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This photo share comes from International Rescue Committee volunteer Steven Carbó:

Ma Aye Myint tries out an electronic fare card in the New York City subway.  Her native village in Myanmar (also known as Burma) and the refugee camp in Thailand where her family lived for two decades lacked even basic amenities like electricity and running water.  

When Ma Aye Myint, Pa Pu Yu and their three children (20, 8 and 5) were offered refuge in the United States in 2008, the International Rescue Committee met them at the airport and helped the family navigate their new life. 

Here are more photos from Steven, who documented the family's first days in America.

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