Resettled Bhutanese in Idaho jobless, homeless

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Kathmandu, March 26, 2009: Exiled Bhutanese families resettled in Treasure Valley of Boise city in Idaho State fear that in a month’s time, they could be out on the streets without a place to live, local media reported. 

The Treasure Valley
The Treasure Valley

That’s because, like so many Americans now, they can’t find fulltime jobs and their federal housing assistance is running out. 

Local relief organizations provide them 400 dollars per person per month which is not enough to run the family and that the size of federal help depends on the size of a family. 

Local media quoted they feared they may be homeless soon, when their eight months of federal assistance money ends.

“There is no place to look for a job, no place to get money,” said one of them said. “And that is the really scary position here.”

Devi Kharel while expressing happiness that they are now in better condition than they lived in Nepal said, “It was a terrible situation. We lived under a plastic roof, with bamboo.”

In the last seven months, many still have not been able to find fulltime jobs necessary for the self-reliance they crave — and their housing subsidy is about to vanish.

According to the Idaho Office for Refugees, 549 refugees are receiving federal cash assistance in the Treasure Valley and as many as 30 are about one month away from losing those benefits.

4 thoughts on “Resettled Bhutanese in Idaho jobless, homeless”

  1. It is not only the situation Idaho but situation almost all the states of US.Every where the situation is like that but the peopel will get general assistane(GA)for the survibal in US.Till refugees will get job they can use the general assisatance. Some of early resettled bhutanese refugeed had alreay started GA.

  2. I am always surprised why people compare Camp life with there resettled life. There is no comparision. I am in US and what ever Gov gives me is enough for me to live and find a job. When it means “the assistance is not enough” is that he cannot send money to Nepal. Why people aspect to get all from Gov. Yes the time are eifficult, but its all up to us to bring up this Nation. I see many fellows has not over come the Refugee life, still. Wake up guys, we all can do it.

    Muna
    Texas

  3. We have a global economy recission. Tens and thousands are jobless in a country where they never expected before. The good news is time will settle everything. just be patience guys.

    Kaka

  4. Iam very wonder why muna says that she is vary happy,even she does’nt get job.what other are doing who can’t get assistance from gov and who are jobless.There are many people who have done better in Nepal,they think that they will do more than that in USA,but presently they are facing problem to pay even rent,How that people will happy.When we are in Nepal we need not have to pay rent.What we have got from Agency(UNHCR)is enough and we are happy all the time,we should not have to worry about rent and anythings.But i wonder why Muna says that all will happy if nobody send money to nepal.How people will send money to Nepal,who ca’t able to pay Rent and who is jobless how people will get money and from where.But hope one day we all will happy.

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