Hari Khanal
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The author is a former Bhutanese refugee who lived in one of the refugee camps in Nepal for 17 years. He went to the United States in 2008 under the third country resettlement program. Currently, he is working as a Coordinator, Refugee Health Initiative/Case Manager at Caring Health Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is a certified Community Health Worker in the state of Massachusetts.
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OPINION
Biden’s ‘Welcome Corps’ Announcement an Opportunity for Bhutanese Refugees
Biden’s ‘Welcome Corps’ Announcement an Opportunity for Bhut...
In January 2023, US President Joe Biden announced a new program called "Welcome Corps" which will allow ordinary American citizens to use the opportunity of sponsorship for resettling refugees living in camps with an uncertain future, as reported by the US media. This can be an opportunity for the B...
Feb 17, 2023
OPINION
How Bhutan is fooling the world about refugee crisis
How Bhutan is fooling the world about refugee crisis
The resettled Bhutanese need to come together to make the international community aware about the reality and exert diplomatic pressure on Bhutan.
Mar 19, 2021
BLOG, Latest Updates, Coronavirus
How a Nepali-origin family of four in the US recovered from COVID-19
How a Nepali-origin family of four in the US recovered from...
When the hospital informed us that my wife had tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), I believed that my entire family must have been infected by this fatal virus. All of us in the family were experiencing some kinds of symptoms including headache, cough, and fever. COVID-19 has alrea...
May 01, 2020