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 * What you will need **


 * 1. Background of the country. **
 * 2. Information on the refugee situation in that country. **
 * 3. Uploaded audio/video of the interview. **
 * 4. Transcription of the story and interview. **



- Where it is; - How many people live there; - What the capital city is; - Is it rich or poor? Why? - Is it safe or dangerous? Why? - What is it famous for; Plus any interesting information.
 * Information on the country: **

Turkey is a country which is located on the European and Asian continent. There are over 75 million people living there (1). Even though Turkish is spoken by most people, many people in large cities, such as Istanbul speak English (2).

Don't be lazy. Look at various websites, not just Wikipedia and Baidu. it is important that you do thorough research. References: (1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey (2) http://www.goturkey.com

- Do many people leave the country? Why / why not? - If people leave the country, Why? - Is there a situation in the country?
 * Information on the refugee situation there **


 * Transcription of the interview (Verbatim) **

- Audio files - Pictures - Videos etc.

Hello, my name is Kyaw Soe Thaik or Philip. I am 15 years old, My parents are Ai Cheng Thai and Howi Nawi. I have two brothers. They are Kyaw Than Thai and Myo Lin Thai. I come from Myanmar. I am Myanmar. I arrived in Malaysia nine months ago. The journey was long. We left my village in car. Our first stop was Yangon.

We went from Yangon to Towngyi. From Towngyi to Myatwatie we had to walk. It was very long. We were so tired. And then from Myatwatie to the Thai boarder by boat. The boat was very small and there were twenty people in it. I had a lot of fear in the boat. A Myanmar police boat was near out boat but we drove quickly. I was so scared.

When we got to Thailand we stayed in some village for four days because we could not go to the city. There was very little food so we were very hungry. We cannot buy food because we have no money. Lucky we could drink water.

We left this village and went to Bangkok by car and then onto the Malaysian boarder. At the Malaysian boarder the police came to examine the car so we were very scared. It was very hot in the car. We did not eat that day. We had to wait for a bus to go to Kuala Lumpur. Finally we left at 6am. We waited in the freezing cold night, very hungry and tired. We arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 2pm, 17 May 2011.

I love Myanmar but Myanmar don’t love me. We left Myanmar on 2 May 2011 because we are very poor and because Myanmar is not free. My parents are peasants and my village is very poor. We don’t have electric light. Myanmar police are very bad. They take our money, rice and animals. They give very bad punishments when you don’t give them all your things. Myanmar soldier are very, very bad. My village is near India. My father got a lot of soldier’s punishments because we would not carry the soldier’s bag. My father left Myanmar and went to India in 2006. My father left India for Malaysia.

Malaysia is not bad but it is not free for refugees but Myanmar is worse for us. I fear the police here too because at first I don’t have IC and UN card. But many people have helped us. My home is very small and very hot but I can study in Malaysia so I am very happy for that. I like to take photos s my aim is to be a photographer. I would like to make a good returns so I can share with people to help with their future. That is my aim.

Thank you very much.


 * Updated version of the story with changes/additions. **

Produce a 5-10 minute documentary which shows the whole process from start to finish. The documentary should: - be around 5 - 10 mins - include all members of the group; - include pictures; - video of your group making the wiki page; - video of your group researching; - video / pics of your group interviewing the story teller;
 * Documentary: **

Make sure your documentary has a beginning middle and ending. You will have to learn how to edit video for this!!