"We didn’t have enough water to live. People died because the water was dirty. From the sicknesses. If there is no good water and there is no food and no safety we cannot live.” Hawa, 27, is from Somali and was initially resettled to Erie, Pennsylvania, but after three months she and her family stopped receiving government assistance to learn English and find employment. Her husband decided to move their family of seven to Utica, where he heard from Somali friends that rent was more affordable and that better paying manufacturing jobs were available. Says Hawa,“I want to learn better English and the Center for Refugees here offers us free English lessons."