Below are status reports from our partner organizations Seva Bharati (Andhra Pradesh) and Youth for Sewa (Karnataka).

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10/09/2009, Work done on October 8th, 2009 at/for Kurnool and Mahaboob Nagar districts

Brief on the work in Mahaboob Nagar/ Palamur district :

Areas in and around Gadwal, Aiza, Vaddepalli, Kollapur, Aalampur, Alapadu Mandals are severely affected. Service activities are going on in these mandals.

The first group of Bhutanese refugees arrived in Austin, TX in November 2008- father, mother, and 16 month old baby. They are awaiting the arrival of the rest of their family, which would make them a clan of 10.

Weeks later a single girl came, age 19. When applying for resettlement abroad, families make a choice- wait until everyone has been approved (which can be months) or come as soon as their paperwork is ready. Last month, her elder brother arrived.

The whole resettlement issue was of huge controversy in the camps, with occasional violence against those who demanded that they be repatriated to their lands in Bhutan, from where they were evicted 18 years ago.

Who are Bhutanese refugees, actually? Basically, they are Nepalis who have lived in Bhutan for generations.

May 21st, 2009

San Jose chapter was able to donate a used car to a Bhutanese brother here in San Jose. Benificiary is Shri Tilchand Subedi.

April 1, 2009

Three of the Bhuanese got job in San Diego at a shoe store. Sewa International, San Jose chapter, sponsored there airfare from San Jose to San Diego.

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