My Story!

Hi, My name is Cheng Sae Chao. I am came from Laos I lived in Laos I had asmall family my father , mother , my aunt , older brother and younger sister. Iwas three years old. I lived in Laos with my father , my mother and my aunt.They worked hard every years. They had a farm than they fed chicken, pig, cowand horse and planted rice, corn, bananas, cantaloupe, watermelon, pineapple,mango, papaya, cucumber, eggplant, cabbage, stringbean, potato, tomatoes,zucchim, peanuts, I left my small village in Laos in 1975 because there was awar in my country.My family had to leave my country and they had to walk cameto the Mekong River a long time. Some time slept in mountain and very hard toleave Laos country.When the soldier saw you they took you go back to your cityor some time the soldier kills the people who escape country.The North Vietnamsoldier took people who escape Laos country and the soldier kill many peopledied and the war too. And many people lost the farm , family and house. Myfather told me about coming to Thai Land in the camp. My father said when weleft Laos we walked to Mekong River. But my family could not swim acrossed theMekong River. My father said we had to gave money to the people to take weacrossed the Mekong River to Thailand very expensive. Than we go to city ofChiang Khong Chiang Rai. The U.N. take we to the Chiang Kham camp and Ilived in the camp about 16 years.In the camp thai soldier they took people whobroke the Law than they took go to jail. I lived in the camp I could leave the campto find the fire wood and many food I could find. My father he went to workedwith thai people he worked very hard to get a money to help my family . His job isa farmer and cut the tree to use for fire wood. Than my father he had a goodfriend to teach him how to be ajeweler. But I was so sad because my motherdied in Chiang Kham camp. I was 6 years old and my mother had been sick forabout three years. My father he took my mother went to Chiang Kham Hospitalthe Chiang Kham Hospital very big same Kaweah Delta the nures very nice topeople. Then my mother had been there about two years and she died.

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