War was happening in the Congo, and so my parents crossed into Rwanda. I grew up there for 14 years, in a camp for Congolese refugees.
I started going to primary school when I was six years old. When I got home every day, I would watch my brothers, clean the house and help my mom. Every day I had to go and get water from the well. There would be a lot of people there, so it would take a long time.
Once my dad applied to resettle in a new country, it took almost two years. But then we found out we were coming to the U.S.
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Illustrations by Cori Lin Art.
Credits:
Laura Eldon/Oxfam.