and her journey from South Africa to the United States Puspa Govind and her journey from South Africa to the United States

Table of Contents 1.Cover Page 8.Do you see yourself as an 2.Table of contents american citizen? 3.Map 9.Education before arriving to the US 4.Introduction 10. Hardest struggle 5.Push Factor 11. Goals for her new life 6.Traveling 12.Religious Traditions 7.First experience 13.Puspa’s mini temple(image) 14.Traditional Food 15.Life After

Map of Fordsburg,South Africa

Introduction The purpose of my power point is to inform people about Puspa’s story. But more importantly it was a learning experience for me as her granddaughter. I got to learn more about my family and historical accounts from the apartheid. Interviewing her also brought up good and bad memories from her journey. She told me she feels accomplished. “In what way I asked.” And she said that she’s faced so many obstacles in her life, but she accomplished all her goals so that she could live a free life in America. The main thing that I wanted to get across was the traditions that she brought over. Even though

Push Factor Puspa grew up in South Africa, and lived in a village for only Indian people. She went to school with the same people, and never experienced diversity. The education that she got wasn’t meaningful, and she longed to become a nurse. By the time she had two kids, she decided she wanted her own kids to get a better education than she had. It wasn’t just education that made her move, but the inequality between each race. She remembers her son telling her one day that he and his cousin had gone to a all white playground. At the time they didn’t know, and the cops actually tried to beat them.

Who did you travel with? Leaving South Africa was hard for me she says. We left our belongings behind and our whole family.Coming to the United States with me was, my husband, daughter(age), and son (age). They were still young at the time, so I knew it especially hard for them to leave their friends and the only family they knew behind.

First Impressions When Puspa and her family first got off the plane, they were not sure what to expect. A driver would drive them to a friends house to stay for awhile until they could find jobs. On the drive over she says, “I was very apprehensive, and a little excited to start my new life.” One of the first things I noticed was all the farm land, I was a little scared of all the land and animals. But I was more scared that the driver didn’t know where he was going.

Hardest Job When Puspa began her life in Tyler, Texas the hardest thing for her was doing things by herself. In South Africa servants would wash clothes, clean dishes and do most of the house work. We treated them like family, and paid them as well. In Texas Puspa owned a motel so she was working 24 hours 7 days a week. “It was exhausting with work and kids, but definitely a learning experience.”

Goals she wanted to accomplish I left South Africa for a reason, she said so I definitely had some goals I wanted to accomplish in my new life. The first was to become an American citizen. The second goal was to educate my children. The main reason why I moved was to benefit my kids.

Religious traditions brought over In between October and November Puspa celebrates Diwali. She dresses up in a traditional sari and cooks a big meal. She then lights Diyas(lights)around the house. This holiday is now celebrated with close family.

Puspa’s Mini Temple On special holidays Puspa uses this temple to do her prayers. It’s a tradition she has kept ever since moving to the US.

Traditional Food xassss Spicy shrimp and fish

Life after Today Puspa lives with her son and their three children. She frequently visits her daughter and granddaughter in New Jersey. Puspa continues to cook traditional Indian food and celebrates Diwali and Holi. This is Puspa today in a sari.

Conclusion In conclusion, Puspa was an immigrant that migrated to the United States for a better life. One of the ideas I wanted to get across was how traditions were brought over, and still continued in the new world.