PHILADELPHIA — The trail between the zebra and giraffe enclosures at the Philadelphia Zoo was filled with chatter in different languages — including Ukrainian, Burmese, Swahili, and Pashto. About 300 people from all over the world and of various ages had come together Sunday at America’s first zoo to celebrate World Refugee Day.
What they all had in common is that Philadelphia has become their new home.
In the crowd were Jaseng Pan’s two daughters, Maybawknoe Galau, 4, and Sengmun Galau, 7, who were on a mission to see a koala bear. Pan arrived from Myanmar in 2012.
