Bhutan refugees renew farming in U.S.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- At the age of six, Bishnu Kamar fled her native Bhutan where, she says, the government was trying to kill its own people. She lived the next twenty-two years in a bamboo house in a refugee camp in Nepal, to where many ethnic Nepalis fled, under harsh, cramped conditions. She and her companions, Dropada Kafley and Mon Maya Bastola, now live with their families in South Philadelphia. With the help of an American friend they started a community farm and now tend nearly 100 beds. In Nepal, they had farmed rice, corn and "all kinds of vegetables."
On Thursdays the threesome takes the bus up to the Weavers Way Henry-Got-Crops Farm in Roxborough to better learn American farming techniques.
In addition to farming, Kamar takes care of her mother-in-law, works in a pre-school and, after an intensive 6-month study of English, also works as a Nepali language interpreter in a hospital.
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"It's awesome. Because we spend our life -is a very good way. We are good now. And I think my future can be good. I can try hard..."
Very honest and strong women. Respect....
Many bhutanese still hate these people out of jealousy I guess. These people are still called terrorists by bhutan and bhutanese 😂😂
Thank for telling Nepali and speaking Nepali langues.It's good for them to be over there.
pabitra tamang Hey don’t take them it’s very natural that Nepalese people speaking is Nepalese
These individual Nepali born in Bhutan will be an asset to the USA. They farm, work hard and from the initial responses depicted on video, are grateful to be in the USA.
For those who know little of their heritage please read about the Gurkhas, a formidable fighting force employed by Britain, India, and Singapore. Many a time they stood up to attacks by tyrants who wanted to overpower Democracies.
Imagine if the USA has a Gurkha Regiment.
There is also articles on the on the Nepali brought in to WORK in the development of Bhutan in its early days when BHUTAN was introducing itself to the modern world.
By and large, they are willing to work and don't demand handouts or try to impose their lifestyle or religion on the host populace. Lhotshampa (Southerners - Nepali people who settled in the southern UNINHABITED region of bhutan) first came when the Bhutanese Bearded Worrior-Monk, Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal brought in Nepali craftsmen from the Kathmandu valley in Nepal. He wanted them to make a silver stupa to contain the ashes of his father Tempa Nima. Very soon this UNINHABITED region became the country's main supplier of food.
I wish them well in their new homeland.
Seems like very nice hardworking people. Their children will be come full fledged Americans with no accent or destructive political and religious behavoirs. Why can't US let more people like this in instead of religious terrorist and non assimilating peoples?
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John Woodgate My dear sir,I love your attitude.
Thank you US govenment for taking them in and giving them a second chance for a better life that everybody deserved. They will owe it to you forever. I just hope that most people get educated about refugee and don't get yelled at in the street to go back to their country. They are already frustrated and in depression that some killed themselves because they don't feel being accepted in the society and they don't speak the language. They are hardworking people and ready to learn.
I don't understand why people hate refugee, listen stpuid peoples who write stpuid comment about refugee, they are also people so respect them, be positive, be nice, be kind. All the people are same
yes all people r same but don't blame others.
Yes Thsering you are right.. All are human being and we should respect.. Now see who is being disrespectful, the woman talking bad about Bhutan and the stupid person posting such foolish clip to defame others.. In future, do some research with your birdies brain before you post such clips..
They are one of the happy refugee in this world.
still now bhutanese refugee in USA all they have citizen of USA and they have good new house new car how can they say refugee stay always refugee
This video was filmed in 2013
The tibetian of bhutan captured Nepalese land and made many nepalese refusee
Sorry Sister, u were a kid when u left Bhutan n u know nothing about the conflict. So, its not appropiate for u to make such a remark "our government is not good". I am from Bhutan and I come from same ethinicity as u and I am proud to say my country is awesome. I acknowledge u people had to go thro' hell but its not bcos Bhutan didn't want u, its the circumstances that led to this unfortunate situation. Anyways, now u r a US citizen, we wish u best with ur new life. Love all the way from Bhutan.
It's a great achievement for partially educated refugee women who could able to do modernized farming in USA n being employed as an interpreter.
we have to fight with bhutan about this case why bhutanesesss do so
When I see these bhutanese refugees of nepalese origin, I recall year 1990 an incident when they were first become victim of ethnic cleansing by the Brutal Bhutanese government , I was at the nepal india boarder then returning from india tour. I met there at the boarder 3 toddlers who freshly lost their parents due to the brutality of Bhutnese government, those little ones had no one to lookafter them, were sobbing and were in Nepal which was unknown land for them was arrived with the group of bhutanese refugee in a lorry, I don't know where they are now , but there were couple of nepales guys who were fund raising for those kids.I donated too for them. Remembering that incident I still deeply hate Bhutanese government.
101 East - Bhutan's forgotten people pt. 1
Best TH-cams This anti Hindu attitude of the Bhutanese is condemnable. This is barbaric on part of Bhutanese government. Shame!
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Its not anti hindu, its ethnic cleansing. India is a hindu country why india did not let them have refuge in India.
Best TH-cams what you didn't see was those bhutanese children who lost their parents as well who were killed by the nepal ethnic groups protesting against the country. You should went into the country and seen that.
i think this Bhutanise must thankful to nepal but i dint here from them any words abt thanks
@@prouddrukpa2178 let me guess, the autocratic govt killed those people and blamed the poor protestors who raised their voice, using state media because media is controlled by govt. 😂😂 same in mynmar as well
It is good they make the land productive and produce food. Agriculture helps everyone a lot. What is more important is they are happy
who ever born this world are human being, and have right to say freedom of speach
From nepal love nepal &bhutan
I want to go Bhutan and Nepal.
u r most welcome bhutan is very peaceful
you are warmly welcome to nepal.
Don't go to Bhutan, they will legally steal your $250 a day, instead come to Nepal, if you want I'll keep you in my house, and I'll be your tour guide, and I'll pay for the travel. You should only spend Airplane Tickets.
@@prathamkhanal1956wtf u think Nepal is good country to visited.just look at TH-cam how they harassment tourists.bro don’t compare with Bhutan it’s far good then your country.this days cannot open TH-cam all kanda of Nepal only come and on top your voice u say ur country is good then Bhutan.
Good coverage of otherwise impossible bright side of Bhutanese refugees...........
Hmm,
Please try to know the truth before blaming the Bhutanese government. One sided story is not enough, I have no blame on those innocent ladies, if you dig the true story the Bhutanese government has no fault. The nation did for her people. That incident was happened just because of one beast. He went against the government protesting for independence who was actually not native Bhutanese. I will stop here .....plez know the fact.....believe in truth....feel guilt to say such pitiful senseless words to the government of Bhutan. You go and visit and experience the true beauty of Bhutanese government and her people. You won't feel like to come back....
འབྲུག་Shangrila I don’t know what you mean But do you know you guys are exercising the democracy in Bhutan now. It’s because of this people. And credit goes to this people. Yet democracy is small baby 🍼 in Bhutan. Hope you will realize that
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Yeh you are right but to kick out all the innocent one is neither acceptable
@@bandanachaulagain6092 there are many Nepalese living in Bhutan
I fell so sorry for this people coz our government should have gave them citizenship as like they gave to those who come from india and we call them dhoti if dhoti can get citizenship why not this people
Emenem yes they are Nepali after all, even tho they were Bhutanese citizens
Even though they leave in the united state, their English is much worse than mine. Lol
Ever consider the fact that they haven't lived here for very long?
At least at the time of recording. :)
good conversion..
If they look nepali, talk nepali, dress nepali, love nepali, hate bhutani, that makes them Nepali
I think they don’t like the way they’ve been treated by non-Nepali Bhutanese, no!
but you should not forget your country bhutan.., Once open a time you will get your right and you all bhutani will return back in your country bhutan,,,, when Kinddom of bhutan will be finished in bhutan just like Nepal..
don't insult other country.we all r humanbeings.
We don't want them in our country because we don't want to be like our neighbouring countries.. Here in Bhutan we are happy and peaceful.. We enjoy our fundamental right as citizen. We are always guided by our visionary King and our leaders.. We know how fragmented and bad our neighbouring countries are right now because of such type of people like you are there..
kishor kumar They are not real bhutanese to begin with. They were refugees in the beginning and still claims to be refugees in the present. And no our kings will rule for thousands of years to come. LOVE LIVE MY KING
@@prouddrukpa2178 I have seen many of you guys call these innocent people as terrorists shame on you. I have personally met them. They are naive people who are mostly illiterate, all they do is worship Hindu gods like bhajan kirtan. If they were terrorists, there would have bombed bhutan everyday. But it rarely happens in bhutan because many of these people still love bhutan. You are shameless, your Buddhist king is the real terrorist who spread propaganda that these people are terrorist. They also protested for a reason, because you guys were making plan to expel them with census, who would want to be homeless that's why They protested? you guys also stopped them from following their age old culture. That's unacceptable to anyone.
good to see ,,,
Syrian refugees should also get chance to resettle in United States.
she told us that she was born in bhutan. but how come she told us that she was from nepal. i didn't understand were she from bhutan or nepal beasue if she from nepal nobody became refugee in same country. she move to nepal don't mean she from nepal. because all her paperwork show that she from bhutan..
but i totally ignore your language and sence of understandingand sence of explaining there is no real meaning in your comments my friend Mr. Money Man
exactly! people dont understand that they arent called refugees in a place where they truly belong
That's my Ant
gud coverage,,,,, but BHUTAN is one of peaceful country in the world...... :)
rokii macha How can a country that supports ethnic cleansing be peaceful? Bhutan persecuted, killed and drove out its own citizens with valid citizenship papers. The truth is neither Buddhist not Hindu. The truth is the truth and will be known one day despite the ceaseless repetition of lies by the Bhutanese government. Don't be deluded by this fake Shangri-la and its hyped up royal family with skilled spin doctors spinning a fairy tale for international consumption!
@@sadhanarana9518 lol outsiders seems to know better den us....but the fact is...u have got the wrong information..Plz nextym try harder to frame it...coz it doesn't make any sense
You are not from Nepal. You are from Bhutan. Beautiful Refugee.ok.
She said she is from Nepal so how come that she is bhutanese refugee,actually They migrate from Nepal to Bhutan,They just blaming to Bhutanese government,
Ang Sherpa ur king kick them out yeah so they started living in Nepal thats why she told that
Are you nepali or Bhutanese
Why this people blame Bhutan.Our Bhutan is peaceful country,They are responsible for it.Dont blame our country Bhutan.
i feel vomiting whenever i hear that stupid country name bhutan
do u know who is right n who is wrong.?
+binod magar we r not stupid.u r stupid .don't blame others country.we r proud to be Bhutanese. n we have a kind-hearted king.
Those people who have commented bad about Bhutan are those who are jelous of our country.. They want our country to be unsafe place to live.. Don't give damn to those antinationals view..
khushi magar you are free to do so
Hahahaha nice work
dont insult Bhutan by calling this people Bhutanese.
if you r really a human being and you have humanity in heart you have to excuse for your comment and delate it
Bhutanese refugees are Lhotshampas ("southerners"), a group of people of Nepali origin, including some Kirat, Tamang, and Gurung peoples. These refugees registered in refugee camps in eastern Nepal during the 1990s as Bhutanese citizens deported from Bhutan. As Nepal and Bhutan have yet to implement any agreement on repatriation, many Bhutanese refugees have since resettled to North America, Oceania, and Europe under the auspices of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Ya these people are bringing down the dignity of Bhutanese people.. Don't call yourself Bhutanese people ya.. Call your self anti national of Bhutan..
Sonam Wangchuk don’t call yourself Bhutanese too, you are Tibetan.
These people are not Bhutanese..
yeah they are american now😀
don't insult other country.n don't belive wat they r saying.
Tshering BIDHA looks like u r a bhutani and a lunatic to blatantly deny the ethnic cleansing in Bhutan.
They left Bhutan because they are terrorist of Bhutan.. They tried to go against the King, country and law.. They demonstrated by killing the innocent people of Bhutan and caused turbulence in the country which is known as shangrila. Thank god, they have escaped the country trying to avoid the law. Infact these were group of people whom can be described as anti-nationals or terrorist of Bhutan..
muzikmaestro13 They were becoming a threat, my king did what he had to do for his people (real bhutanese). if you have the energy to hate then put some of those energy to do some research as well.
What is there to insult about your country?