Story 7: That Is Why We Came Here

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Why my parents didn’t live in Somalia? Because they were going to come to United States. That’s why they came to Kenya. To be able to come to United States, you’ve got to come to Kenya. Then that’s when you can come to United States.

They wanted to come here because they want us to be educated. They want us to get education. That’s why. In Somalia, it’s not a good education. So that’s why we came here.

And in Kenya, you have to pay for the school. I got four sisters, two big sisters, and so we are eight of us. Who’ll pay all that money for kids’ school and just for my mom and my dad? It’s a lot, so that’s why we came here.