Person who is outside their country of nationality…

unable or unwilling to return…

because of persecution or fear of being persecuted

A temporary camp where millions of refugees may live…

Receive basic human needs…

At times, other countries decide it will never be safe to return & the people are resettled.

Benin's Come camp. ©UNHCR/J.Björgvinsson /May 2005 

Togolese refugees dig trenches around their tents at Lokossa camp to prevent flooding during seasonal rains. ©UNHCR/J.Björgvinsson/May 2005.

Benin's Come camp hosts more than 1,300 Togolese refugees from the recent influx. ©UNHCR/J.Björgvinsson / May 2005.

Thousands of refugees from Democratic Republic of the Congos volatile North Kivu province live in basic shelters at Nyakabanda, just inside Uganda.

/ UNHCR / E. Denholm / December 2007.

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There are approximately 5,000 refugees in Boise

Africa▪ Burund- 300▪ Congo-150▪ Somalia-500▪ Sudan-230▪ Togo- No Info

Available

Central Asia & Europe•Afghanistan-350•Bosnia & Herzegovina-1200•Uzbeistan- 600

Neat East/South Asia:•Bhutan-30•Iraq-400

Breaking It Down:

Refugee Groups Arriving in Twin FallsDuring the past twenty-six years, there have been a large number of

different ethnic groups arriving in the Twin Falls area.

1993 to 2008Kosovar Bosnian Croat Serbian Iranian Iraqi Burmese Russian Vietnamese Burundi Mesketian Turks

Between 1982 and 1992Vietnamese Polish Russian Hungarian Bulgarian Laotian Former Soviet Union

Congo's Story

In their Own Words…

His Home:2 bedrooms-1 for their parents and the other for all his brothers & sisters (3 brothers & 4 sisters), The house was too small for his family. They never went to others homes-it was considered disrespectful

Schooling:Every school in Africa (French Speaking) is the same…they all have the same degrees courses etc. He went to school for 18 years, passed his elementary & secondary school, he then went to the university & earned a degree in Biology because of the war he never was certified in Psychology.

Lingala is a Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo.

The Lingala language has several dialects; Standard Lingala, Spoken Lingala, Kinshasa Lingala and Brazzaville Lingala.Standard Lingala, like Standard English is mostly associated with education and used in news broadcastings on radio or television, in religious services in the Catholic Church and is the language taught as a subject at all educational levels. Standard Lingala is historically associated with the work of the Catholic Church and missionaries.

Lingala language. (2009, June 27). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:33, June 27, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lingala_language&oldid=298970958

French – Jean speaks French at home and insists his children speak French at home.

Munukutuba also known as Kituba.

Nzebi

Tsengui

and “little English”

His Home:In the city Togo (Lomo), lived with his grandfather’s home because his dad was king. Big building, 3 stories, lots of bedrooms. It was very dangerous where he is from mentioned several times that after 6pm no one could leave their homes or even have their lights on.

Schooling:Started school in 1994…he went to almost 11th grade (left school because it was difficult to pay) He hardly ever took Language classes—instead he took Math & Biology

Mina is the language of his country, Togo. Other languages spoken in Togo; Kotafon, Ewer, and French.

In Benin : Fon, Adja, Sawer, Goun, Peda, Wlar, English and Yorouba

*Koffi can speak, read and write all these languages, and he hated taking language classes in school.

Togo Africa

More than 30,000 people fled Togo to seek security in neighboring countries when violence erupted with the announcement of election results on April 26, 2005

In the 16th century Togo was largely controlled by the Portuguese and was a major source of slaves destined to Europe and America. In the 19th century Togo came under German rule. Then during WWII, Togo was invaded by the French and British forces.Between 1956 and 1960 Togo was split . French Togo and British Togo. Those that lived in British Togo voted to become part of what is known today as Ghana. 1960 French Togo gains independence from France and Sylvanus Olympio became Togo’s first elected president.

1963 Coup d’etat occurred and the president was assassinated. 1967 General Gnassingbe Eyadema, leader of the coup in 1963, takes over and rules for 38 years.1991 Political parties were legalized and the National Conference began to create and new constitution which was adopted in 1992. “Despite these pro-democratic changes, negotiations for Eyadéma to relinquish power in favor of a representative government failed. According to Amnesty International, in the 1990s, the Togolese armed forces persecuted alleged dissenters, resulting in hundreds of civilian casualties. Eyadéma maintained control of the government until his death on February 5, 2005. The Togolese armed forces installed his son, Faure Gnassingbé, as president, disregarding the constitutional mandate that the president of the national

assembly, Fambaré Natchaba Ouattara, should assume the office in a caretaker role until elections could be organized. In what was denounced by the African Union (AU) as a military coup d’état, the constitution was amended to allow Gnassingbé to serve until 2008, the end of his father’s term. In response, the AU and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions on Togo and there was widespread international condemnation of this transfer of power. Thousands of Togolese citizens also demonstrated against Gnassinbgé’s appointment.10 Coupled with international pressure, the massive protests led to a new presidential election in 2005.11 The opposition parties organized themselves into a coalition in an attempt to defeat Gnassingbé. However, on April 24, 2005, despite claims of fraud by the opposition, Gnassingbé and the RPT were

declared the winners. As a result, between April 26 and April 28, there were several confrontations between the armed RPT militia and the opposing coalition, which were violently repressed by the Army and police. During this time, the government prohibited public demonstrations. According toAmnesty International, security forces, principally the Army, used disproportionate strength against dissenters. it was reported that, “Togolese security forces, supported in most cases by military-trained militias, have committed very serious violations of human rights, including extrajudicial executions, kidnappings, torture and ill-treatment, rape, attempted rape and arbitrary arrests.”

EAAF Annual Report, (2006). EAAF annual report 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2009, Web site: http://eaaf.typepad.com/ar_2006/EAAF06_106-9_togo-3.pdf

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Become an American

Get GED

Keep on studying English

Have my own shoe business

Get a Job

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o Strong accent on ‘r’ soundo No ‘th’ sound hard ‘t’

soundo No soft ending on police.

o Sounds like po-lee-so ‘j’ sound instead of ‘h’ o Strong ‘ke’ soundo Strong ‘ic’ sound ex;

electron- ickso Switches ‘f’ for ‘v’

example: proofs instead of proves

oDrops the ‘s’ sound on plurals.

oExample: 3 sister.oDrops the ‘ed’ on pass tense words.

oExample: I move, I come, I live, .

o Skips the ‘a’ oDoes not use ‘it’s’ & ‘there’s’ to point out things. oUses ‘d’ instead of ‘th’…ex: ‘broder.’

o No good is used a loto Plurals are used very littleo Hardly uses contractionso He uses a lot of French accent on his speech,

ouniversity, schology, matemat-ic, favorite, certificate

oWe have fightingoPay back moneyoUses double affirmative: more yesoConjugation of verbs

oStrong ‘z’ sound instead of ‘s’oStrong ‘j’ sound instead of ‘y’oStrong accent rolling the ‘r’oNo ‘th’ sound…’t’ sound insteadoNo soft endingso‘j’ sound instead of ‘h’ oHas much of his French accents.

ofavorite, music, dancin, fut-bol,

o Drops the ‘s’ sound on plurals. Example: 3 sistero Drops the ‘ed’ on pass tense words. Example: I move, I come o ‘ch’ sound instead of ‘sh’

oex: choos for shoes

oDoes not use contractions often, hardly any. oUses ‘is instead of ‘was’ oHas difficulty conjugating verbsoIs finish for you used oftenoThe people of my ageoHardly uses possessivesoDoes not use ‘its’, ‘there’ and ‘a’ to point out things or using in conversation