Title: The long trek from Bhutan to America: A journey from the foothills of the Himalayas to Concord, New Hampshire
Authors: Ford, Richard in collaboration with Aparna Nepal, Sheela Pradhan, Mohan Sunuwar, Nimesh Dhungana, Douglas Hall, and a group of graduate students from Clark University
Publisher: Department of International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University
Date: 2010
Description: A report and recommendations from a planning workshop held on March 26-27, 2010
This report begins with background material describing the immigration of refugees from Bhutan to New Hampshire, mainly Concord, Laconia, and Manchester and the trauma they experienced while in refugee camps in Nepal. The report then discusses the aims of the workshop, the workshop itself and the recommendations for next steps decided on by the participants. Members of the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment at Clark University conducted this workshop to assist the Bhutanese refugee communities in Concord and Manchester, N.H. to assess their highest priority needs and identity possible solutions by using participatory planning techniques. It includes data in the form of maps and charts collected from Bhutanese participants identifying locations in their cities that they value in an effort to assess what their needs might be on a community-wide basis.
Keywords: refugees, Bhutan, New Hampshire, participatory planning
Cataloged by: Michelle Sigiel / B. J. Perkins