Noor Kajol likes to stay busy. The 12-year-old fills her days studying hindi, playing games with friends, and making art. A migrant from Rajasthan now living in a ROSHNI-managed camp in Delhi, she left Rajasthan with her family. She has two older sisters and three younger brothers and, unlike so many of children at the camp, her parents are still alive.
Her family lives in a small shelter at the camp with no electricity. And although the shelters are hot and become weak after rains, Noor Kajol says this is a better way to live. In Delhi she’s able to continue her schooling, roam around freely, play, and draw whatever she likes. She realizes that had she stayed in Myanmar, she may not have survived, let alone fulfill her dream of becoming a pharmacist.
“Girls who complete 10th grade can work in pharmacies. I also want to work in a pharmacy, or become a doctor if possible,” she says.
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