Resettled Bhutanese died in road accident in Adelaide

Indra Bahadur Sunwar, a newly arrived Bhutanese senior died in hospital after he was hit by a car in Adelaide on February 3.

Police had rushed critically injured Sunwar to Flinders Hospital and was admitted at the Intensive and Critical Care Unit when he was hit by a car while crossing road near his house at 8.30 am on February 1.

Late Sunwar hailed from Samchi Bhutan and was living in Beldangi II Extension  Sector A4, Hut No. 100 in Jhapa, Nepal.He along with his family was initially resettled in Darwin on July 5 and was relocated in Adelaide last month.

According to family source, his body is retained by the police for further investigation.

The Bhutanese community in Adelaide is preparing for his funeral which is likely to take place later this week.

BNS journo Timsina in Canada mourns mother’s death

Laxmi Maya Timsina, mother of Indra Timisha and BNS Canada correspondent, has passed away at the age of 78 on Friday at 10 am in Lethbridge of Canada.

Born in Dagana district in 1933, late was registered at Beldangi-II Extension camp, Sector E/1-25 before she got resettled in Canada on June 2010.She was suffering from lungs cancer since five years. “We couldn’t treat our mom since treating a cancer in camp was financially impossible,” Timsina said in an email circular to BNS on Friday morning.

The funeral ceremony and cremation program is planned for Sunday at 4 pm in Lethbridge itself, he informed.

Meanwhile, various media organizations in exile have expressed heartfelt condolence to the grief-stricken Timisna family.

“We are really sorry to hear this news and we take the side of one of the senior correspondents in Canada at this hour,” said Buddha Mani Dhakal in a condolence message issued today from America.

General Secretary of Association of Press Freedom Activists (APFA) Bhutan, Vidhyapati Mishra, said the death of Timsina has closed a chapter in the history on Dagana district.

“The last moments with in the IOM transit camp in Kathmandu and back in camp are still fresh to my memory,” Mishra said, “I pray that her departed soul will always rest in peace in heaven.”

Likewise, the Third World Media Chapter – Bhutan also issued its condolence message saying Timsina’s death has caused a great loss not only to co-worker Indra, but to entire Bhutanese community in the Diaspora.

Late Timsina is survived by four sons, two daughters and 16 grandchildren.

Resettled Bhutanese in Utah elect community leaders

The Bhutanese Community in Utah (BCU) held its second election of its executive board at a local church in Salt Lake City on January 22.

The five-member board received Bhim Kumari Sapkota, Dharani Adhikari, Hem Dulal, Kumar Acharya and Mukti Bhurtel for an official tenure of maximum two years. Altogether, 12 candidates filed their nominations.

The election committee chairperson, Tara Acharya, informed Bhutan News Service that over 83 percent of the registered voters participated in the election.The election proccess was observed by State Refugee Director Gerald Brown, Community Capacity Building Specialist and Community Mentor Joseph Nahas and Director of the Jewish Community Center Andrea.

The chief guest Andrea and community members congratulated the elected board members.

The BCU was formed two years ago to facilitate activities to promote and preserve the ethnicity, culture, tradition, religion and build organizational capacity through case management, education, advocacy, mentoring, sports, collaboration and partnership.

It has been working to get every member of the community to achieve self-sufficiency and full integration into the main stream society.

Reported by Khem Kafley from Utah for Bhutan News Service

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BRAIN attempts to filter camp secetary candidates in Beldangi camps

The Bhutanese Refugee Association of Intellectual Novas (BRAIN) on Tuesday attempted to filter candidates contesting for a single post of camp secretary from three Beldangi camps. 

As number of candidates filing their nominations has crossed a dozen for a single position, BRAIN organized a public hearing in Beldangi-II today involving camp secretary candidates of the camp. 

Participants and guests at the program/Lok Mahara

Local journalist Dikesh Lama moderated the program where rights defender Dr. KP Subedi from Jhapa and a Dutch researcher Ilse Griek were present as special guests. 

During the program, various candidates defended themselves as most suitable candidate for the post of camp secretary. 

Altogether, 15 candidates have declared their nominations for the post. However, they are yet to file their official candidacy. 

Some of them expressed their commitment that, if elected, they would work for the community and transform camps through various means while others said to control corruption, drug abuse and other forms of social crimes. 

Several candidates stressed the need for being impartial and transparent and said there should be no corruption in the camps. 

Meanwhile, general people spoke of the three durable solutions. They said camp secretaries should be able to work for all solutions equally, not just resettlement but also to pressurize the Government of Nepal and the UN Refugee Agency to open the door for repatriation and local integration. 

Reported by Jeetan Subba from Damak for BNS

UNHCR assures ration for deprived refugees through interim provision

The United Nations in High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has assured all seven Camp Secretaries of the camps that it would provide ration to all deprived refugees through interim provision on temporary basis.

UNHCR’s Country Representative in Nepal, Stephane Jaquemet, said the agency would work out with a government team to provide aid basket to refugees without identity cards and other asylum seekers until some major decision regarding their status is identified.

Jaquemet made such a remark at Damak of Jhapa district on Tuesday during a meeting with Camp Secretaries of all camps.

“We are very much concerned about their status. Right after the election of the Camp Management Committee, UNHCR will discuss this issue with the government and start distributing ration,” Bhanu Dhungana, Khudunabari Camp Secretary, quoted Jaquemet as saying to Dhungana’s delegation.

However, UNHCR’s Chief maintained that start of their registration would take time and that could happen only after the formation of new government in Nepal.

According to Dhungana, Camp Secretaries also submitted a detailed report of cases requiring official registration at the Government of Nepal.

“We conducted a hut-to-hut survey of such persons and found that 3190 persons are yet to be given refugee status,” Dhungana said.

However, according to the UNHCR, everyone who get ration would be qualified for the refugee status when the registration begins.

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Bhutanese in Australia donate for Queensland flood victims

The Bhutanese Community in Australia Inc. (BCA) in Melbourne collected AU$2006 to contribute to the flood victims in Queensland.

A meeting of the resettled Bhutanese on January 9 decided to collect donations immediately. Accordingly collection in Melbourne was coordinated by Dhan Siwakoti with Dhenu Acharya, Kamal Dhimal, Khina Dhimal and Kahgendra Acharya as members of the team.

The money has been forwarded to the flood victims donation fund through the ANZ bank on Thursday, BCA chairman Parsu Luitel said.

BCA is one of the first refugee communities to support the victims of natural calamities in Australia. It has already donated for Bushfire in Victoria and fire victims in Beldangi refugee camps in Nepal.

Similarly, according to Radha Krishna Guragai, General Secretary of BCA from Albury, Bhutanese in Albury contributed over AU$650 and preparing to send the donation shortly. As per the Durga Guragia, Executive Member of BCA from Wodonga, Bhutanese in Wodonga are planning to contribute through the Wodonga City Council. Some Bhutanese friends from Albury, Wodonga and Melbourne also have donated personally through online and telephone.

The flood donation in Albury was initiated and coordinated by Damber Rai, an active member of BCA.

Bhutanese in Adelaide are also collecting their donations and are expected to send by end next week. Many of them have already donated through several donation schemes individually. According to Sushil Niroula, they have collected around AU$500. Collection drive is underway and anyone willing to donate are welcome, says Niroula.

Read message by BCA regarding donations to the victims here.