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COR Center Resource Package: Refugees from Burma
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This 11-minute ORR-funded video includes interviews with a refugee senior from Burma, as well as other refugee seniors. See below the video for related materials, including the video script and questions for consideration, in English, Burmese, Karen, additional translations, and lesson plans for use with service providers and refugees.
Things (Values) to Bring: A list of values some participants identified as wanting to retain after resettlement, during a cultural orientation session delivered by International Rescue Committee/Resettlement Support Center (IRC/RSC) East Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Questions about Education: A list of education-related questions participants asked during a cultural orientation session delivered by IRC/RSC East Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
COR Center and partner publications on refugees from Burma
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This profile provides information about the diverse histories, cultures, and refugee experiences of the refugees from Burma, with a focus on Burmans, Karen, Karenni, and Chin.
Download Refugees from Burma 
(PDF, 2.77 MB)
Purchase a print copy at the CAL Store.
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Read an International Organization for Migration profile of the Karenni, and view photos of Karenni refugees posted by IOM. Also, see IOM's descriptions of Burmese CO participants' background, environment, and concerns raised in class in Thailand and Malaysia, prior to Fall 2009. An April 2009 highlight addresses IOM's CO provided to Karenni refugees.
Program profiles describe the structure of each overseas CO program, covering their learner population, locations, staffing, and content and/or emphases of the CO classes. Click to see the CO program profile of IRC/RSC East Asia, which offers CO to U.S.-bound refugees from Burma in Thailand, Malaysia, and elsewhere in Asia.
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Each overseas CO program develops specialized lesson plans suited for their students' background and needs.
Overseas:
See sample lesson plans from the IRC, used in Thailand and Malaysia:
Home Maintenance (20-30 minutes)
Education: Parental Responsibilities (25-40 minutes)
Employment: Identifying Personal Strengths (15-20 minutes)
Employment: Workplace Etiquette (15-20 minutes)
Healthy Living: Tic-Tac-Toe (45-90 minutes)
Leases and Rent (20-25 minutes)
Rights and Responsibilities: American Laws (20-30 minutes)
Domestic:
The COR Center's online Domestic Service Provider Toolkit also includes numerous lesson plans applicable to Burmese refugees, in response to discussions and focus groups with refugees and service providers. A small sample includes:
Avoiding Pests: A Critical Incident (20 minutes)
Disadvantages and Advantages in the Job Search (30 minutes)
Using a Bank and Paying Bills (30 minutes)
See also the lesson plans created by service providers working with Burmese refugees, such as:
Making a Five-Year Plan (2 hours)
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Center for Applied Linguistics, 2004 edition
A copy of this resettlement guidebook
is given to all refugees overseas once they have been approved for resettlement to the U.S. Wherever possible, refugees also receive a
face-to-face orientation or briefing conducted by refugee
processing or U.S. Embassy staff. The guidebook is intended to give refugees information
about fundamental aspects of life in the United States.
Download Welcome guide in English (PDF, 1.23 MB)
Download Welcome guide in Karen (PDF, 5.7 MB)
Order a print copy at the CAL Store. English or Karen
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The companion DVD, Welcome to the United States: Refugee Orientation, is available in English, Karen, and Karenni. This video is particularly useful to show images of life and of resettled refugees in the U.S. Throughout the viewing, former refugees living in the U.S. share their experiences and perspectives with newly arriving refugees.
Order DVDs online: English, Karen, or Karenni
Refugees from Burma in Thailand and Malaysia
