Views of child:
Views of Saw Saw Moo, BID child
He stated that he likes his school and he also has many friends and he used to play marbles with them after school time. He mentioned that he finished pau.1 at Thai school while he went to stay at Bong Ti with the grandparents. He attended pau.2 but he did not finish it because he came back to the camp with the grandparents. He said that he liked studying there as well.
When asked, he said that his father’s name is Po Klot and his mother already died a long time ago. He said that he has been always staying with his grandparents and his father is staying with his current family at their house which is not very close to his house. When asked, he said that he visited his father’s house sometimes to see a movie there because he has no movie player at his house. He mentioned that he did not meet his father when he went to his house because his father went out to work and only his aunt (step-mother) was at home and looking after her children. He said that he also likes to play at the stream nearby their house and he sometimes eats at their house too. He however stated that his grandmother cooked better meal than his aunt. He said that he went to sleep with the father once because his father asked him but he never went to sleep there again because he did not like it. He does not also have close relationship with his half-siblings. When asked, he said that his aunt never invited him to stay with them but she used to wash his cloths once when he was at her house after he played in the stream. When asked again, he said that he remembered his father hugged and kissed him only one time but his grandmother did it all the time.
He stated that he will not stay behind with the father and he will not also miss him when he is resettled. He also does not want to wait the father to be resettled together with him and he just wants to go for resettlement ahead with grandparents and he would study English there. He said that at home, if he needed anything, he just approached his grandmother. His uncle Kye Kye is not staying with them anymore because he went to work outside in Thailand.
He mentioned that he never wanted to stay away from the grandparents and he would always follow them. When he went out together with the grandparents in Bong Ti for a year, he was happy staying with them and he did not even miss his father. He said that he is firmed that he would not stay either with his father or aunt and he would only go with the grandmother because he would not be able to stay without the grandmother and he loves her most in his life. He used to help his grandmother with fetching water at home and also massage the grandfather since he is not very well.
He mentioned that he knew his aunt Lay Ley and he would let his aunt take care of him if one of his grandparents got sick. His aunt also said that she is willing for him to come to her and told him that she would be very happy to see him. His aunt called and talked to him once a month and he loves her as well. When asked, he said that comparing to the father, he would love more of the aunt because she sent him pocket money but his father never gave him pocket money. He said that they are going to stay at the same house with the aunt.