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Each year Literacy Volunteers of Greater Worcester helps adults from all walks of life, all with different needs, become more comfortable with the English language. We challengeĀ our students to dream, we are proud of all their accomplishments and we look forward to helping many more in the very near future.

Durga Khawas

November 21, 2016 by Literacy Volunteers

My name is Durga Khawas. I came to the United States on September 22 of 2009 from Bhutan. I was born there but I am ethnically a Nepali. Because of our Nepalese heritage, my family and many other Nepalese families in Bhutan were harshly discriminated against and we ended up in refugee camps in Nepal for a long time. It was wonderful to be allowed into the United States 5 years ago. There are over 250 Nepalese families living in Worcester now who originally lived in Bhutan.

Through Literacy Volunteers I have had fantastic opportunities to learn how to speak, understand, read, and write English. I never learned to read or write any language in Bhutan so learning this new language, English, is very difficult. I attend every Literacy Volunteers class I can and I have a tutor. We work together almost every week on my pronunciation, and understanding of English. My English is slowly getting better.

On December 23, 2014 I passed the US Citizenship test. This was my dream. I am so happy for what Literacy Volunteers has done for me. America is a great place. I spend a lot of time studying in the Worcester Public Library and now I hope to one day work there helping others to improve their lives. I will keep on working on my English until I fulfill that dream too.

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