Personal Narrative: My Life As A Refuge

I came to Australia on 16th June 2017 on a Refugee Humanitarian Visa. I was born in a refugee camp and lived my whole life as a refugee in Eastern Nepal. I was born in 1992 the same year when my parents left our country Bhutan. I didn't see what the Bhutan government did to our community but I saw and felt how hard life could be for a refugee for 25 years. The scarcity of proper food, health care, clothes and identity left most part of my life full of struggle. I had the tag of refugee which was always a bar between me and success. We were not allowed to have a job outside the Refugee Camp but somehow, I managed to do it although it was just some volunteer work. When I was 12 years old and saw a computer for the first time, I investigate it and promised myself to be a software developer. It was not just a promise, it was a dream of a young boy! …show more content…
But in spite of all the problems - like no electricity, no money, and no computers in the refugee camp, I started to work as a volunteer in an internet café, learned about computers and volunteered as a computer instructor. In my free time, I learnt a lot from the internet programs. In 2013, without studying in any university or taking any training, I developed my first Android application. It was extremely challenging at first but it gave me lots of confidence and a sense of achievement. Thereafter, I developed a few more software for the Android platform. My refugee status never stopped me from learning, and it was my commitment to be a software engineer that kept me going. Here I am a student at the biggest university in South Australia 'UNISA' studying Bachelor of Information Technology (Honours) (Enterprise Business