Zaudanawng “Jay-Dan” Maran looks outside his window at his Creston, B.C., home on Jan. 22, 2021. In 2007, Maran was forced to flee his home in the Kachin State of Myanmar after he helped a woman escape the hands of two soldiers who were sexually assaulting her. He came to Creston in 2014, after hiding out in Malaysia for several years, waiting to receive his refugee card status. Hanging on the wall behind him is a logo of Kachin’s Manaw festival. Shot for the Creston Valley Advance
Aaron Hemens 