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This school was later closed. Many of these children have grown to adulthood in the refugee camps. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580a9f001b631bd9a20bdd2a/1477429322545/bhutan5.jpg Timeline A group of Northern Bhutanese watching the dancers at a Tshechu (religious festival). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580a9f151b631bd9a20bddfd/1477091095946/bhutan7.jpg Timeline A traditionally Northern Bhutanese house. Highly decorated with symbols of protection. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580fca43be6594a6e2a46d55/1477429834513/bhutan18.jpg Timeline Bhutanese men watch a festival. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580a9f401b631bd9a20bdf43/1477091139692/bhutan3.jpg Timeline Southern Bhutanese women winnowing grain in the cooler valleys of the north. The warmer southern hills and plains are highly fertile and have provided most of Bhutan's food. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580a9f4c1b631bd9a20be039/1477091150833/bhutan10.jpg Timeline Thimphu valley. The capital of Bhutan and centre of government. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580a9f0f1b631bd9a20bddc3/1477091089588/bhutan8.jpg Timeline Northern Bhutanese school children. Schools were targeted with government materials taking against the so-called Southern Bhutanese 'anti-nationals' involved in the 1990 pro-democracy demonstrations. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580a9bd6e4fcb505e06f6643/1477090285637/ Timeline Taktsang monastery, built on a cliff face above Paro, Bhutan https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580ab2d8c534a588ce448a0a/1477096182249/ Timeline 'He is an old man who thinks life is like smoke that a puff of wind can disperse. He complains that he will die without seeing his country again. Myself and others tell him that is not the way to think.' Yethi Raj / BRCF / PhotoVoice https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580ab9a8bebafb8af40be341/1478393948123/bhutan18.jpg Timeline http://bhutaneserefugees.com/life-in-the-camps daily 0.75 2017-02-02 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387a85d2b857c44d340768/1485994659865/ Life in the Camps Refugee huts are arranged in lines and made of plastic and bamboo. Pasang / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387ab8d2b857c44d3409c6/1480096444268/PV.RC.53.jpg Life in the Camps Children in the camps play lots of games that we did not know in Bhutan because we lived far away from each other. Madan / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387a189f74566f0d64f430/1480096301572/Education+16.jpg Life in the Camps We make an effort to keep our school uniform looking smart and tidy. Ajay / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/583879c09de4bb04c5447914/1480096194281/Activities+11.jpg Life in the Camps We have lots of football tournaments in the camps. Pasang / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387aa1d2b857c44d3408ba/1480096422115/PV.RC.46.jpg.jpg Life in the Camps The water taps near by hut. Madan / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/583879ef6a4963d2566bf14a/1480096240542/Education+4.jpg Life in the Camps Friends in the classroom. Aite Maya/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387f6029687f08e0302189/1480097637445/PV.RC.18.jpg Life in the Camps Supper in my hut. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387e1603596e128ef319a3/1480097321624/PV.RC.109.jpg Life in the Camps Winnowing and cleaning the rice. Bhimma / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387f9e15d5db6612e813eb/1480097700588/PV.RC.32b.jpg.jpg Life in the Camps We are always thinking of Bhutan. Ndr Bdr / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387f1b03596e128ef32780/1480097567418/PV.RC.56.jpg Life in the Camps Refugees are poor in wealth but rich in kindness, helpfulness and ability. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580a968d29687f686ad5cea8/1477088911059/PV.RC.8.jpg Life in the Camps Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580a96a829687f686ad5cfd5/1477088937079/Huts+4.jpg Life in the Camps Re-building huts. Dil / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/58387e8859cc68566bdace93/1480097487373/Religion+7.jpg Life in the Camps There are temples situated all over the camps. Khem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/583b074dbebafb65513485d9/1480263573151/holding+collage.jpg Life in the Camps http://bhutaneserefugees.com/about daily 0.75 2017-01-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/581e7b7a9de4bb43a9b62103/1478392732825/ About This Site (c) Bishnu Maya / BRCF / PhotoVoice http://bhutaneserefugees.com/links daily 0.75 2017-01-20 http://bhutaneserefugees.com/history daily 0.75 2016-11-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/5818baf515d5db7a3cd06566/1478015740013/bhutan1.jpg History2 An older couple from southern Bhutan in their traditional dress in the 1980s. Catriona Heale https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/581e63eb414fb5367a4cb702/1478386673942/comic2.jpg History2 Signing voluntary migration certificates. Comics by Aita. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/581e624929687f6b1d6e24eb/1478386250070/comic6.jpg History2 Demonstrations in southern Bhutan https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/5818bbb820099e33f31a9014/1478015955019/bhutan15b.jpg History2 A Southern Bhutanese woman selling her produce in Thimphu market in the mid-1980s. From 1989, Southern Bhutanese were required to wear Northern Bhutanese traditional dress in public. 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Til Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe9579fb3fdc10affde/1486041728800/Food+20.jpg camp tour food Children eating. Til Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe8579fb3fdc10affda/1486041721664/Food+19.jpg camp tour food A ration card https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe846c3c44223166532/1486041714454/Food+18.jpg camp tour food We are given 6 items every 14 days. The six items are rice, lentils, chickpeas, oil, sugar and salt. Dil / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe5579fb3fdc10affcf/1486041706826/Food+17.jpg camp tour food Cooking curry in the hut. We have to earn extra money in order to be able to buy vegetables. Many people cannot afford to have a healthy diet and they become ill. Bhimma / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe446c3c442231664f1/1486041627390/Food+16.jpg camp tour food This old man cooks in his hut using firewood. We are given brickettes to use but they burn slowly and do not cook the food properly. We have to buy firewood or collect it ourselves and this is hard for some people. Abishek / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe3be65949c0784a7f3/1486041701065/Food+15.jpg camp tour food Beating rice Buddhi Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe337c581e306e38c6d/1486041600153/Food+14.jpg camp tour food Drying sag. Ajay / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe246c3c442231664ea/1486041583588/Food+13.jpg camp tour food The rice we are given for rations is so black and has many dust particles. We have to look very carefully while winnowing. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe2d2b8571a1d0317ba/1486041559336/Food+12.jpg camp tour food Some refugees cook their daily meal in a solar oven. We have to do this because we are not given sufficient kerosene to cook all our meals. Suresh / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe246c3c442231664e5/1486041540753/Food+11.jpg camp tour food We have to work to prepare the rice we are given in rations for eating. The rice can be very dirty. It contains germs and small pieces of stone which are harmful to our health. All of these must be taken out before we can eat the rice. Bhimma / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe137c581e306e38c65/1486041520990/Food+10.jpg camp tour food We have to work to prepare the rice we are given in rations for eating. The rice can be very dirty. It contains germs and small pieces of stone which are harmful to our health. All of these must be taken out before we can eat the rice. Bhimma / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe146c3c442231664e0/1486041504259/Food+9.jpg camp tour food We have to work to prepare the rice we are given in rations for eating. The rice can be very dirty. It contains germs and small pieces of stone which are harmful to our health. All of these must be taken out before we can eat the rice. Bhimma / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fe0d2b8571a1d0317af/1486041478763/Food+8.jpg camp tour food True love lies in the purity of heart. These elders prepare and distribute unilator (food supplement) for the youngest students without any incentive. They prepare unilator for more than 5000 students. Khina / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fdf46c3c442231664da/1486041460546/Food+7.jpg camp tour food …. Families collect their rations every 15 days. One person hands it out giving everyone the same measurement. Ajay / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fdfd2b8571a1d0317ac/1486041439989/Food+6.jpg camp tour food These pictures show a ration distribution centre. The camps are divided into different sectors and each sector is divided into different unit. On different days different units come to collect their rations…. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fdd37c581e306e38c13/1486041433603/Food+5.jpg camp tour food This is the ration store. Rations are stored here and taken to the distribution centre to be given to the people. Bhima / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fdb46c3c4422316648c/1486041415651/Food+4.jpg camp tour food Carrying rations back to the huts. Praja / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fda46c3c44223166487/1486041397891/Food+3.jpg camp tour food … If the family has only adults they will have to buy extra or borrow from others. We have to eat little to make it last. In Bhutan we could eat whenever we liked but in camps we cannot eat like this due to the scarcity of things available to us. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fd9be65949c0784a723/1486041377959/Food+2.jpg camp tour food When giving rations they give everything by measuring on the beam balance. We receive things according to the number of family members. If a family has small babies then the rations will be sufficient… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5fd737c581e306e38b8c/580e5fd8579fb3fdc10aff13/1486041367334/Food+1.jpg camp tour food Supper in my hut. We all eat happily together in our small huts even though we are refugees. What can we do? It is difficult to solve our problems. So many years have passed and there has been no progress to solve our situation. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camps-tour daily 0.75 2016-11-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e5380f5e231ed3f4ef7a6/1480260725655/News1.jpg camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4d32ff7c50a4f40d15e5/1480260576997/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4b87440243cb5990ad30/1480260226516/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4ce9e3df28c1e02a2fe5/1480260549419/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4c172994ca9dd03cd770/1480260116865/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4ea003596ebc55b684cf/1480260690934/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/5817ba5cbebafb322e538a01/1480260789121/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4e065016e10cc8572d88/1480260636145/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e49278419c29dc352432b/1480260476931/Activities+8.jpg camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4cb8725e25f4dd6dc5d4/1480260519117/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4e6a03596ebc55b681c1/1480260668172/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4ef99de4bb71d5817899/1480260753188/ camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/580e4db7b8a79b0f917c9928/1480260606542/Religion+7.jpg camps tour https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/t/581e697a8419c273288e3146/1478388362722/Thomas+L+Kelly.jpg camps tour http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-passing-time daily 0.75 2016-11-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c2a9f74560f396509b0/1486041226992/Activities+18.jpg camp tour passing time Bhutanese dancing, even though we are far from our country we still like to celebrate our culture and traditions. Indra / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c2a440243cb5991c096/1485997763678/Activities+17.jpg camp tour passing time Karim is a popular game in the camps Purna / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c299f74560f396509ac/1485997750745/Activities+16.jpg camp tour passing time Karim is a popular game in the camps Purna / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c28414fb55551888ce0/1486041185337/Activities+15.jpg camp tour passing time Whenever there is a group of people they will talk about Bhutan. They will share their opinions about the past events in Bhutan and our present situation. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c28f5e231ed3f4f8809/1486041160241/Activities+14.jpg camp tour passing time Opportunities so not come knocking at the door. There are good musicians in the camps but there are few opportunities for them due to lack of economy. Bikash / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c27414fb55551888c86/1486041005860/Activities+12.jpg camp tour passing time Marshal arts makes all refugee boys healthy and active. They do marshal arts because there are no body building clubs in the camps. Bikash / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c27e6f2e1a3abb7cd8d/1486041136936/Activities+13.jpg camp tour passing time Opportunities so not come knocking at the door. There are good musicians in the camps but there are few opportunities for them due to lack of economy. Bikash / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c26f5e231ed3f4f87fc/1485997708815/Activities+11.jpg camp tour passing time Bhutanese boys love playing football and we have many tournaments in the camps. We have limited facilities but we play even if we have to make our own footballs out of bags and string. Pasang / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c25440243cb5991c060/1486041097773/Activities+10.jpg camp tour passing time He is the man of the match. He won a shield at a championship. Being a refugee he never looses hope of becoming a football star in Bhutan. Indra / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c24d482e9d53d59dc28/1485997687227/Activities+9b.jpg camp tour passing time Bhutanese refugee youth united in exercise. Purna / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c24e6f2e1a3abb7cd39/1485997663559/Activities+9.jpg camp tour passing time Bhutanese refugee youth united in exercise. Purna / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c23d482e9d53d59dc22/1485997606811/Activities+8.jpg camp tour passing time Bhutanese refugee youth united in exercise. Purna / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c23e6f2e1a3abb7cd32/1485997580688/Activities+7.jpg camp tour passing time The old people in the camps like to sit together under the shade of the trees. They talk about politics and health issues. Most of the elder people go there and this is how they pass their days. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c23e6f2e1a3abb7cd2d/1485997509630/Activities+6.jpg camp tour passing time People in the camps like playing many different games. Sometimes people play cards but not often because if the camp police see them, they will punish them or ask for money. Sometimes they play cards when people die. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c22d482e9d53d59dc18/1485997445564/Activities+4.jpg camp tour passing time We youths play games and do exercise, we paint pictures and sing songs. We keep our minds active. Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c22e6f2e1a3abb7cd27/1485997493407/Activities+5.jpg camp tour passing time We youths play games and do exercise, we paint pictures and sing songs. We keep our minds active. Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c20e6f2e1a3abb7cce5/1485997398287/Activities+3.jpg camp tour passing time We youths play games and do exercise, we paint pictures and sing songs. We keep our minds active. Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c1fd482e9d53d59dbca/1485997371455/Activities+1.jpg camp tour passing time In camp time flows by continuously. Some people say we may always be neglected. I want to show how refugees, being stateless and unemployed, spend time. People gather in families and share their happiness and sorrows. Rabin / PhotoVoice/ LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e5c1e440243cb5991bff4/580e5c1fe6f2e1a3abb7ccd5/1485997349302/Activities+2.jpg camp tour passing time In camp time flows by continuously. Some people say we may always be neglected. I want to show how refugees, being stateless and unemployed, spend time. People gather in families and share their happiness and sorrows. Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-huts daily 0.75 2016-11-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c9e3df28c1e02afec1/1485996982936/Huts+21.jpg camp tour huts We decorate the inside of the huts with newspaper. This is for extra protection and to stop people seeing through. Mon Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c8d482e9d53d59b444/1485996964942/Huts+19.jpg camp tour huts Refugee huts are arranged in lines and made out of bamboo and plastic. I have spent 8 years of my life living here and I do not know how many more it will be. We are becoming adults but have only distant dreams of our country. Pasang / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c8725e25f4dd6e9aa4/1485997286295/Huts+20.jpg camp tour huts In the summer we cannot sit for any length of time in the huts because we have plastic roofs and it is so hot inside. In summer some people sleep outside. Albi / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c7725e25f4dd6e9a9e/1485996949062/Huts+18.jpg camp tour huts This is where we store pots in our kitchen. In our refugee camp the huts are small and it is too congested. It is difficult to maintain a bedroom and a kitchen. It is just like the shed of a cow. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c6725e25f4dd6e9a5a/1485997220029/Huts+17.jpg camp tour huts Rabbits in the hut! Yamuna / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c5d482e9d53d59b43c/1485997174539/Huts+15.jpg camp tour huts My wardrobe. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c5725e25f4dd6e9a4f/1485997196276/Huts+16.jpg camp tour huts There is little room for playing in our huts. Bhimma / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c3725e25f4dd6e9a4c/1485997141236/Huts+14.jpg camp tour huts My bed Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice/LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c3d482e9d53d59b3b6/1485997098330/Huts+13.jpg camp tour huts Our kitchen Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c2725e25f4dd6e9a41/1485996842525/Huts+12.jpg camp tour huts During the rainy season huts get damaged easily by the weather. We have to do repairs often. Dhanapati / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c2d482e9d53d59b3ae/1485996831907/Huts+11.jpg camp tour huts The view from the roof of my hut. When we first arrived the camps were very bare but now there are banana trees and much greenery. Deokumar / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c0cd0f686ba5125609/1485996819125/Huts+10.jpg camp tour huts We are 6 family members– 4 children, father and mother under one small roof. We spend the days sharing our pain, sorrow and hope. In Bhutan everyone lived far away from each other but now in camp we live very closely. Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59c0725e25f4dd6e99f7/1485996803216/Huts+9.jpg camp tour huts There are nine members of my family living in my hut including my parents and grandparents. We are very sad because we now do not posses any land or a house. In Bhutan we had land which was sufficient for all of us. Dil / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59bfd482e9d53d59b3a4/1485996758978/Huts+8.jpg camp tour huts In the camps we make our huts look attractive by growing plants and hedges. I remember our house in Bhutan. Now someone else lives there. I still have a strong desire to return. Maybe this will be possible– we have to make it possible. Dil / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59bef5e231ed3f4f614a/1485996742288/Huts+7.jpg camp tour huts Threading bamboo to make hut walls. Dhanapati / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59bdd482e9d53d59b355/1485996731047/Huts+6.jpg camp tour huts We are refugees so our homes are made of mud and plastic. My brothers are repairing our house. Though we are refugee we are satisfied and we make the house as nice as possible. Dilu / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59bdf5e231ed3f4f610c/1485996717394/Huts+5.jpg camp tour huts She is smearing her hut with mud. This keeps it clean and tidy which is the only way to eradicate disease. It also makes the hut more decorative. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59bdd482e9d53d59b34c/1485996694227/Huts+4.jpg camp tour huts Re-building huts. When we first arrived in Nepal a camp had been made near a river. My family built a hut out of bamboo and plastic. After 15 days we were given rice which meant we could survive. This is the way we have survived for years since. Dil / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59bcd482e9d53d59b347/1485997057946/Huts+3.jpg camp tour huts Preparing bamboo to fix a hut. Dil / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59b9e3df28c1e02afdde/1485996659470/Huts+2.jpg camp tour huts To pass the day and to keep up with politics in Nepal and Bhutan, some people have bought televisions by working outside the camps. This is not the same for all families- many cannot even buy clothes for their children. Til Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e59b7725e25f4dd6e99a3/580e59b8f5e231ed3f4f60b7/1485995744714/Huts+1.jpg camp tour huts The forest and plants have grown a lot since the camp was first established. Indra / PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camptour-family daily 0.75 2016-11-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55c1414fb5555188249c/1485995587799/Family+and+friends+22.jpg camp tour family Twins Mon Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55c0e4fcb53361fe4089/1485995386287/Family+and+friends+21.jpg camp tour family My mother works hard fro the family. In the morning she brings in the water, prepares breakfast, prepares food, works in the garden, cleans the rice and much more. She loves us very much. Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55bfb3db2b8e3069cca9/1485995373873/Family+and+friends+20.jpg camp tour family Youth of Bhutan Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55bfb3db2b8e3069cca6/1485995393409/Family+and+friends+19.jpg camp tour family If real tears are an indisputale sign of grief, then glass tears could possibly be the mark of insincerity. From looking at our faces you see no tears but our internal hearts are crying. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55be414fb5555188248f/1485995089422/Family+and+friends+18.jpg camp tour family This photo denotes the hidden style of Bhutanese boys. They possess wonderful skills but being refugees they are unable to fulfill their potential. They are very close friends and united even though they fall into different castes. Ndr Bdr / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55bdf7e0abc1c7cdb9df/1485995552329/Family+and+friends+17.jpg camp tour family This old lady fills her time doing lots of activities – helping her family, fetching water, advising her grandchildren. She worries about what the future will bring for her family. When we talk about Bhutan she cries. Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55bce4fcb53361fe401e/1485995476918/Family+and+friends+16.jpg camp tour family Dancing happily. Deokumar / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55bcb3db2b8e3069cc4e/1485995333614/Family+and+friends+15.jpg camp tour family My mother and father outside our hut. Menuka / PhotoVoice / LWF   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55bbf7e0abc1c7cdb9d4/1485995318665/Family+and+friends+14.jpg camp tour family When I think about the past, present and future of my family I cannot imagine what will happen. Where, how and when – many questions arise… Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55bbb3db2b8e3069cc49/1485995309510/Family+and+friends+13.jpg camp tour family My grandfather Nar Bdr / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55b9b3db2b8e3069cc45/1485995297583/Family+and+friends+12.jpg camp tour family In our society people love each other very much. Mon Maya/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55b8f7e0abc1c7cdb94c/1485995288242/Family+and+friends+11.jpg camp tour family Picture of the King of Bhutan. Even though we were evicted from our country we still love and honour the king and have much love and affection for our country. Given the chance we all want to serve our country. Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55b8b3db2b8e3069cbc1/1485995275021/Family+and+friends+10.jpg camp tour family Now we keep our hair long. Hair is important to girls because when we joined school in Bhutan the government made a compulsory rule that we had to cut our hair which is not our tradition. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55b7f7e0abc1c7cdb93c/1485995263432/Family+and+friends+9.jpg camp tour family There is a saying that thousands of ants can kill an elephant like that we can also solve our problems by sharing our ideas and discussing our struggles together. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55b6b3db2b8e3069cbb9/1485995252025/Family+and+friends+8.jpg camp tour family Laughing for the camera Menuka / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55b0e4fcb53361fe3ed7/1485995240322/Family+and+friends+7.jpg camp tour family Refugee people are poor in wealth but rich in kindness, helpfulness and ability. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55afb3db2b8e3069cb70/1485995225106/Family+and+friends+6.jpg camp tour family Decorating the huts together. We think that children born in the camps will help us in the future to return to our country. They do not know about Bhutan but we elder ones have to teach them about the Bhutanese situation. Bhimma / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55ae414fb55551882372/1485995185965/Family+and+friends+4.jpg camp tour family He is an old man who thinks life is like smoke that a puff of wind can disperse. He complains that he will die without seeing his country again. Myself and others tell him that is not the way to think. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55adb3db2b8e3069cb2f/1485995201568/Family+and+friends+5.jpg camp tour family In camps because we have no land and are unable to earn income we do not have lots of work to do so we joke with each other to pass time. Our huts are so close that it is easy to meet with our friends and family. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55acb3db2b8e3069cb29/1485995172614/Family+and+friends+3.jpg camp tour family We youths listen to the older people talking about Bhutan, we are interested and study the past history of our country. Even though we are in exile we show our love and affection for Bhutan. Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55abe6f2e1a3abb76090/1485995155625/Family+and+friends+2.jpg camp tour family Sharing a joke Dilu / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580e55ab3e00bec243c44534/580e55ab3e00bec243c44537/1485995120700/Family+and+friends+1.jpg camp tour family Old people are very important nowadays. If they all died it would be very difficult for us because they know more about Bhutan and why we came here. Dilu / PhotoVoice / LWF   http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-newspaper daily 0.75 2016-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f61ff8419c2aabf61af2b/1477403139751/news31.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f61eb8419c2aabf61ae38/1477403121699/news30.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f61d28419c2aabf61ad22/1477403094708/news29.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f61c28419c2aabf61ac87/1477403078176/news28.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f61a8bebafbd2faae036e/1477403056538/news27.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f619629687fa9ea1a0283/1477403035702/news26.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f618abebafbd2faae026a/1477403032526/news24.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f6178e3df28ce37a52dca/1477403019629/news23.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60d9579fb30c94404b86/1477402980986/news22.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60d4579fb30c94404b5e/1477402980935/news21.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60cd579fb30c94404b01/1477402980118/news19.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60c8579fb30c94404acd/1477402980122/news19.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60c0e58c62cb75fd57f9/1477402980187/news18.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60bbe58c62cb75fd57d3/1477402817470/news15.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60b2579fb30c94404a0e/1477402812101/news11.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60ab579fb30c944049e0/1477402801679/news6+.jpg camp tour newspaper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f60a49f74561bfcc7f860/580f60a5e58c62cb75fd5706/1477402794861/News1.jpg camp tour newspaper http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-health daily 0.75 2016-11-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8399e58c62cb75ff2836/1486047121654/Health+16.jpg camp tour health Accidents happen. Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8399f5e231fb34fee254/1486047110359/Health+15.jpg camp tour health In our society people are often unkind to disabled people. If there is an able and a disabled child, the able child will be given good clothes and the disabled child will be in rags. In the camps we look after disabled people. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8399f7e0abd1f4af5977/1486047103631/Health+14.jpg camp tour health In the camps priority is given to different types of people. Disabled people can work. They are also like us. They have feelings of kindness, love and patriotism. They are given extra support in their education. Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8398f5e231fb34fee251/1486047096100/Health+13.jpg camp tour health The jumping doctor. Many people in the camps go to traditional healers to cure their illness, they do not believe in the power of modern medicine. Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f83985016e1185e6b851e/1486047084584/Health+12.jpg camp tour health To keep the camp clean and tidy is our responsibility and duty. My neighbour is sweeping his courtyard to keep the house flies away. Our huts are so close to each other. If we do not care, there is a chance we will catch dieases. Mon Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8398f5e231fb34fee24d/1486047074724/Health+11.jpg camp tour health This man became blind one year ago. He says if we go on sitting in this refugee camp more people will become blind because our rations do not give us enough vitamins to keep us healthy. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f838ac534a5c1440172d4/1486047064596/Health+10.jpg camp tour health An ill woman lies outside her hut. Many people get sick in the summer season because it is so hot in the camps. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f838af5e231fb34fee178/1486047055798/Health+9.jpg camp tour health People in camps suffer from illnesses because we do not get enough vitamins. In Bhutan we had so many green vegetables. People in the camps who earn extra income can buy vegetables but poor peoples' health suffers. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f83895016e1185e6b842f/1486047045570/Health+8.jpg camp tour health The health of the body is essential for success in life. An unhealthy person is always sad, gloomy and therefore they lose confidence in themselves. This is dangerous for people in the camps. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8389f5e231fb34fee174/1486047198813/Health+7.jpg camp tour health Lice spread easily in the camps. It is a constant duty to clean your head of lice. Ajay / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8389e58c62cb75ff26f0/1486047027866/Health+6.jpg camp tour health Me with my sister’s photo. In 1996 she became sick. She was so worried about her exams that she stopped eating properly. We borrowed money to buy her medicine. But all was in vain- she passed from this universe, leaving us alone. Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8389f5e231fb34fee16d/1486047017373/Health+5.jpg camp tour health These days we are not getting proper health facilities. Many mothers loose their babies in childhood. Not only refugee children are dying because of lack of health facilities but also adults are dying. Albi / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f837ae58c62cb75ff2635/1486047007084/Health+4.jpg camp tour health Cleaning the latrines at school is important. If the camps are not kept clean diease spreads easily. Mon Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8379f5e231fb34fee08b/1486046997287/Health+3.jpg camp tour health A woman is putting her child’s health care card in line to see the Health Assistant. It takes around two hours of waiting to get a patient check up. The service in the camps is not so good. Ram / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f83785016e1185e6b8352/1486046988590/Health+2.jpg camp tour health Women queue at the health centre with their children. Til Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d0/580f8378f7e0abd1f4af57d3/1486046978221/Health+1.jpg camp tour health This woman has gone to the health centre. The Health Centre in the camp can give only primary care. For secondary treatment she will have to get a referral health card so she can access health facilities outside of the camps. Til Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-water daily 0.75 2016-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f5ea5cd0f6878e6c19b70/580f5ef103596ec894a2c6e2/1486042217425/Water7.jpg camp tour water The water comes twice a day for a few hours. Some days it doesn’t come. Khina / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f5ea5cd0f6878e6c19b70/580f5ef1e6f2e1af3c2dcd03/1486042200420/Water5.jpg camp tour water We only get water at certain times of the day. We leave the containers in a line at the tap. If we do not have enough containers there will not be enough water to do all the washing and to take baths.Khina / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f5ea5cd0f6878e6c19b70/580f5ef003596ec894a2c6dd/1486042207554/Water6.jpg camp tour water My mother carries the water back to our hut. Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f5ea5cd0f6878e6c19b70/580f5ef003596ec894a2c6b5/1486042187392/Water4.jpg camp tour water Carrying the water from the tap to the hut. Menuka / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f5ea5cd0f6878e6c19b70/580f5eef03596ec894a2c6b2/1486042181178/Water3.jpg camp tour water Plumbers maintain the water tank which has been leaking for 2 days Suresh / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f5ea5cd0f6878e6c19b70/580f5ea6c534a5c144ff80ee/1486042174178/Water+2.jpg camp tour water Collecting water. There is a saying that many drops of water together make an ocean. Like that we must share our good ideas to solve our refugee problem. Aita Singh / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f5ea5cd0f6878e6c19b70/580f5ea6cd0f6878e6c19b71/1486042152586/Water+1.jpg camp tour water The watertaps nearby my hut. In the camps we have a problem with water because there is not enough to wash our bodies and clothes. There is no free flowing water like in Bhutan. Madan / PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-industry daily 0.75 2016-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85856b8f5b70e60edc27/1486043436389/Industry+17.jpg camptour industry This girl has been taught to spin by her mother. Dhanapati / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85849de4bb7cf1763738/1486043428328/Industry+16.jpg camptour industry Women weaving to earn extra money. Yethi Raj/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85846b8f5b70e60edc23/1486043387047/Industry+15.jpg camptour industry Women weaving to earn extra money. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f858446c3c44e7d4992c5/1486043312420/Industry+14.jpg camptour industry Refugee people have many skills. This woman is weaving a cap to earn extra money. With this income she will be able to buy extra vegetables. In the camp we don’t have an income so we take a lot of trouble to earn money. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85846b8f5b70e60edc1e/1486043302652/Industry+13.jpg camptour industry An old man works with wool to earn some money. He hopes that he will be able to return to Bhutan. Indra / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f8583ff7c50b2d0849acd/1486043294934/Industry+12.jpg camptour industry Hard work is always rewarded. One day we will be able to go back to Bhutan. Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85836b8f5b70e60edbde/1486043286188/Industry+11.jpg camptour industry In camp there are people who sew our clothes. These people are important because without them we would have no clothes ready to wear. Due to scarcity of space in the huts he sits outside to sew the clothes. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f856b6b8f5b70e60eda0e/1486046214316/Industry+10.jpg camptour industry People have had to learn how to sustain their lives in the camps. Women are equally as skilled as the men. They have to earn extra money because what we are given is not sufficient to survive on. Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f856aff7c50b2d084993f/1486043259385/Industry+9.jpg camptour industry In the camps we have a Refugee Women Forum. They combine their skills and work together successfully combining different products from different kinds of raw materials. Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f856a6b8f5b70e60ed9c2/1486043244019/Industry+8.jpg camptour industry Our skills and education are not given any value by other people. We are ill treated by people outside the camps. Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85696b8f5b70e60ed9be/1486043231353/Industry+7.jpg camptour industry A woman with a bundle of firewood on her back is selling it in the refugee camps. Refugees are not allowed to fetch firewood from the forest so they have to buy it- the brickettes provided are not sufficient for cooking. Til Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f8569ff7c50b2d0849936/1486043216642/Industry+6.jpg camptour industry A girl rests from carrying firewood, Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85696b8f5b70e60ed9bb/1486043208616/Industry+5.jpg camptour industry A man brings wood to sell in camp. Til Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85696b8f5b70e60ed9b6/1486043200308/Industry+4.jpg camptour industry These old men are working to earn money to buy vegetables. They will earn very little. Dhanapati / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85686b8f5b70e60ed9b1/1486043181829/Industry+3.jpg camptour industry A old woman is breaking stones with a hammer. The food items given in rations are not nutritious enough and we are not given clothes. People do this work in order to earn money to buy extra vegetables and some clothes. Tila Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f85689de4bb7cf17635f0/1486043175871/Industry+2.jpg camptour industry This boy is 8 years old. What is his future? He holds a hammer when he should be holding a pen. He will receive 5 rupees for a tin of crushed stones but it will take him all day to fill one tin. Praja / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f856746c3c44e7d49911c/580f8567ff7c50b2d0849917/1486042526130/Industry+1.jpg camptour industry Breaking stones. Til Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-religion daily 0.75 2016-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57b5b8a79b1ed43414be/1486042452447/Religion+17.jpg camp tour religion In Bhutan the government did not allow people to perform religious activities and this is one of the reasons people were forced to leave. We were not allowed to express our religion, culture and art but now we are free to do so. Poonam / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57b5f7e0abd1f4ad4128/1486042442126/Religion+16.jpg camp tour religion When people die they believe that the soul of the dead person will find peace after the family has done puja for seven days. Abishek / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57b5b8a79b1ed43414bb/1486042433825/Religion+15.jpg camp tour religion One of the most important features of the Bhutanese refugee people is their religious tolerance. We have many different cultures and religions in the camps but here are no fights about religion. Different castes come to the same temple to pray. Khina / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57b3f7e0abd1f4ad4124/1486042409971/Religion+13.jpg camp tour religion Many people in the camps are religious. They have a deep trust in their religion. Yamuna / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57b3b8a79b1ed43414b8/1486042416824/Religion+14.jpg camp tour religion Puja in a hut in Beldangi camp Leela / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57b2b8a79b1ed434149b/1486042402475/Religion+12.jpg camp tour religion A buddhist monk in the camps Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57b1b8a79b1ed4341498/1486042395649/Religion+10.jpg camp tour religion Praying provides peace in the mind. Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57b0b8a79b1ed4341490/1486042341175/Religion+9.jpg camp tour religion When we were in Bhutan we were not allowed to put tikka as there was not full freedom to worship. Dashin is our main Hindu festival. Even though we are in exile, we eat happily and enjoy the festival with music and dancing. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57aef7e0abd1f4ad4107/1486042323928/Religion+7.jpg camp tour religion … There are Buddhist and hindu temples but people of any religion can go in and worship there. These temples are believed to be holy places. Khem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57aeb8a79b1ed434146f/1486042331184/Religion+8.jpg camp tour religion Thanka painting Aita Singh / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57adb8a79b1ed434146b/1486042315484/Religion+6.jpg camp tour religion … There are Buddhist and hindu temples but people of any religion can go in and worship there. These temples are believed to be holy places. Khem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57acb8a79b1ed4341467/1486042308097/Religion+5.jpg camp tour religion These temples are situated all around the camps. They are built by the peoples of the camps and they contain many beautiful paintings of the gods and goddess on the walls.... https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57acf7e0abd1f4ad40e9/1486042303121/Religion+4.jpg camp tour religion These temples are situated all around the camps. They are built by the peoples of the camps and they contain many beautiful paintings of the gods and goddess on the walls.... https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57acb8a79b1ed4341463/1486042297790/Religion+3.jpg camp tour religion This is a travelling holy man who came to the camp. Dhanapati / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57abf7e0abd1f4ad40e5/1486042290875/Religion+1.jpg camp tour religion Prayer flags blow in the wind. Deo Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580f57abb8a79b1ed4341459/580f57abb8a79b1ed434145d/1486042283658/Religion+2.jpg camp tour religion This old man is a pundit, he is sitting outside his hut and reading his prayers. Each and every person has the right to follow their own religion. It is a fundamental right. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-children daily 0.75 2016-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01a15d5db24ca632b12/1486047422908/Children+21.jpg camp tour children Young people in the camps have little to do because there are few resources – not even a football. There is a small amount of facilities for a small number of children. Khina / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01920099ec718995be6/1486047416381/Children+20.jpg camp tour children In our society everyone loves and takes proper care of children as they are considered to be the future family holders and nation builders. Pasang / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01915d5db24ca632b09/1486047409426/Children+19.jpg camp tour children Children in the camps play lots of games that we did not know in Bhutan because we lived far away from each other. In Bhutan we did not have the chance to meet with all of our friends as often. Madan/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01815d5db24ca632b04/1486047397298/Children+18.jpg camp tour children Playing in camp Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01820099ec718995bdd/1486047389842/Children+17.jpg camp tour children In the camps we all live so closely together that the children learn to be friends with everyone. They play games and they learn through these games to live happily together Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01715d5db24ca632ad7/1486047382700/Children+16.jpg camp tour children Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01720099ec718995b92/1486047367443/Children+15.jpg camp tour children These children were born in the camps. They play happily because they do not know about Bhutan - they do not have sad feelings in their hearts because they do not understand about the situation in the refugee camps. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01615d5db24ca632ad3/1486047321915/Children+13.jpg camp tour children Children born in the camps do not know anything- we are not able to teach them practical things. If we ask, ‘Where do we get milk from?’, they say 'from a bicycle' because they see milk being carried to the huts on a bike. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01620099ec718995b8e/1486047345677/Children+14.jpg camp tour children Small children are innocent and do not know about the history of our forefathers, Bhutan and the refugees. Sometimes my small sister askes our parents who made them come here to this refugee camp. Mon Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01520099ec718995b88/1486047300720/Children+12.jpg camp tour children These children were born in the camps. They play happily because they do not know about Bhutan - they do not have sad feelings in their hearts because they do not understand about the situation in the refugee camps. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb01515d5db24ca632acd/1486047281297/Children+11.jpg camp tour children Girl on a stool Mon Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb00220099ec718995a44/1486047375398/Children+10.jpg camp tour children Playing happily on a swing. Here I am a refugee but I do not want refuge. I want the wings to fly. Aite Maya / Devi / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb00120099ec718995a3a/1486047354282/Children+9.jpg camp tour children Crying child. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fb00020099ec718995a30/1486047338722/Children+8.jpg camp tour children Girl outside hut. Nar Bdr / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580fafff20099ec7189959ee/1486047307342/Children+7.jpg camp tour children Some of the children in the camps roam free and make lots of noise. Madan / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580faffe20099ec7189959e8/1486047289378/Children+6.jpg camp tour children Dressed up for the festival. Deokumar / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580faffd20099ec7189959e0/1486047274443/Children+5.jpg camp tour children Small children in the camps see adults fighting and they copy them. Sitting so close to each other in the camps is not good because we do not get good air, people become frustrated and they fight. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580faffb20099ec7189959ce/1486047266633/Children+4.jpg camp tour children We think that the children born in the camps will help us in the future to return to our country. They do not know about Bhutan but we elder ones have to teach them lessons about the Bhutanese situation. Bhimma / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580faffa15d5db24ca632968/1486047253093/Children+3.jpg camp tour children There they can play games and have fun. But now they are closing many of these centres because funds are being cut. What will happen to the children if they are all shut? Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580faffa46c3c44e7d4c67fc/1486047245478/Children+2.jpg camp tour children There they can play games and have fun. But now they are closing many of these centres because funds are being cut. What will happen to the children if they are all shut? Rabin / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/580faff920099ec718995988/580faffa440243d8731f4914/1477423167689/Children+1.jpg camp tour children From a young age children in the camps are given the chance to be engaged in child play centres – there they are motivated to draw pictures and to write creatively on their own… http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-forest daily 0.75 2016-11-27 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/58179822cd0f682fcbad19be/1486047565997/Forest8.jpg camp tour forest Nepali villagers live nearby the camps. They farm their land like we used to in Bhutan. Praja / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/58179822bebafb7ee76b8317/1486047580557/Forest9.jpg camp tour forest A Nepali farmer passes by the camps. Praja / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/58179822bebafb7ee76b8314/1486047558430/Forest7.jpg camp tour forest Students in the nearby jungle prepare for their forthcoming exams. Suresh / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/58179820bebafb7ee76b830c/1486047549584/Forest6.jpg camp tour forest Most of the children play in the forests outside the camps as inside the camps there is not enough area to play openly. Ram/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/58179820d482e994ffce1f9a/1486047540963/Forest5.jpg camp tour forest Many of the photographs I do not take in the camp but in the forest outside the camp. The scenery is more beautiful there. Bishnu Maya/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/58179820ebbd1a05831c6f46/1486047530310/Forest4.jpg camp tour forest Pleasant breeze cools the sky and rushes to my hut nearby. Buddhi / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/5817981fbebafb7ee76b8308/1486047523373/Forest3.jpg camp tour forest The trees are growing and green and the wind was blowing. I liked it. The trees are planted by the refugee community near the camps. Like the trees are growing, let me also grow in skill. This is what I pray. Ram / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/5817981ed482e994ffce1f48/1486047513489/Forest2.jpg camp tour forest A refugee woman carrying firewood from the nearby forest. We are not allowed to collect the firewood like this but during festivals we use it to cook food for all the people that visit. The briquettes are not sufficient. Ram / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817981dbebafb7ee76b82c7/5817981eebbd1a05831c6f42/1486047506563/Forest1.jpg camp tour forest As I was going out of camp I saw this bird. It was the first time I had seen this kind of bird so I took the photo. Camp people are not allowed to keep animals or birds inside the camps. There is no area to keep them. Ram/ PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-education daily 0.75 2016-11-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dac237c5813ad8d3d1ca/1486042040739/Education+19.jpg camp tour education Although many students have finished MA, SLC, PhD on their certificates is written ‘REFUGEE’. There is not respect or honour. From looking at our faces you see no tears but our internal hearts are crying. Yethi Raj / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dac115d5db7a3cc9ea00/1486042028996/Education+18.jpg camp tour education My mother learnt to read and write in the adult literacy classes run by Oxfam. She reads the holy books and folk tales. She encourages us to study hard. Indra / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dac16a49632b8ef0c64c/1486042020310/Education+17.jpg camp tour education A Bhutanese girl on her way to school. Students at campus level do not have enough money for their higher studies. They collect money and buy books in a group in order to get a good result. One reads and the other can explain and share their ideas with the other. Indra / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dac1e6f2e10d0e67bf93/1486042011041/Education+16.jpg camp tour education Even though we are refugees students make every effort to keep their school uniform smart looking and tidy. Ajay / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dac1c534a52382cb678c/1486041998482/Education+15.jpg camp tour education Education without practicals is like rice without curry. This science teacher teaches practical science in the laboratory. He explains how to prepare gas. Menuka / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dac0c534a52382cb6782/1486041978632/Education+14.jpg camp tour education … After the completion of my course here in the refugee camps my ambition, and my parents' wish, is that I will become a doctor studying medicine. But as success is directly proportional to labor, my labor will not cease. Devi / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabf37c5813ad8d3d19b/1486041988936/Education+13.jpg camp tour education Even the old people understand the value of education. They understand that education is the third eye through which you can peep at the world. They are learning to read and write as well as the young people. Prem/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabe15d5db7a3cc9e9d6/1486041958669/Education+12.jpg camp tour education It is said that every environment helps to shape a human being, so it also must influence the moulding of their future. In spite of the fact that I am deprived of my birthplace and basic rights, I still have a strong desire for the future… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabe37c5813ad8d3d195/1486041952388/Education+11.jpg camp tour education He is my brother. He is studying in Class VIII. He wakes up early in the morning because his examinations are very near. He is naked, sitting on the bed, because he has just woken up, lit the lantern and started studying. Yamuna / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabec534a52382cb6777/1486041937714/Education+10.jpg camp tour education This boy is doing his homework and being helped by his father. Parents are happy to help the school where their children study. They work together to keep the school in good repair to support their children's education. Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabd37c5813ad8d3d190/1486041920829/Education+9.jpg camp tour education These students are trying to do their homework in their huts by the light of a small small flame. Students are compelled to finish their homework and study in the daytime because we are not provided with fuel for lighting. Bhakta / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabdc534a52382cb674b/1486041905391/Education+8.jpg camp tour education A person without education is like a cat without a tail. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabdc534a52382cb6744/1486041898350/Education+7.jpg camp tour education Children finish school at the end of the day Ajay/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabd37c5813ad8d3d18c/1486041888955/Education+6.jpg camp tour education A teacher is like the second parent of a child, they have to show the children the right path. Ajay / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabdc534a52382cb673e/1486041881668/Education+5.jpg camp tour education Everyone in this world has to have an aim. Some aim to be a doctor or an engineer or a pilot. A person with no aim is like an aeroplane without an engine. My aim is to be a teacher. When I die I want people to remember my name. Ajay / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabcc534a52382cb673b/1486041871353/Education+4.jpg camp tour education Friends in the classroom. Teachers teach Dzongkha (national Bhutanese language) in class. Even though we left Bhutan we have not forgotten it. Bhutan still dances in the eyes of every Bhutanese refugees’ eyes. Aite Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabc37c5813ad8d3d160/1486041862775/Education+3.jpg camp tour education When there is no space in the classrooms we carry on learning outside. Prem / PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabbe6f2e10d0e67bf54/1486041828869/Education+2.jpg camp tour education Assembly at Marigold Academy. Even though we are refugees still we get an opportunity to study. Through study every individual can be lead onto a brighter path… https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817dabac534a52382cb6730/5817dabb15d5db7a3cc9e99b/1486041849303/Education+1.jpg camp tour education Education is the ornament of a human being. It is consolation to the old, ornament to the rich and wealth to the poor. Refugees do not have anything to do and we do not have property, only our education is with us. Bishnu Maya / PhotoVoice / LWF http://bhutaneserefugees.com/camp-tour-market daily 0.75 2016-10-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817ad556a49632b8eeeae04/5817ad57414fb5c2f5662a95/1486047711892/Market4.jpg Camp tour market Market stall Prem/ PhotoVoice / LWF https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5808d7e5e6f2e1a9caee487a/5817ad556a49632b8eeeae04/5817ad576a49632b8eeeae3b/1486047733843/Market3.jpg Camp tour market Do they have the money to buy vegetables? 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