New member in NE

[Aaron Rome]

Hi All,

Just a quick note to welcome Ron Psota to our group. He is a leader of his RPCV group in NE and there group has been making a huge impact with the Bhutanese/Nepali community there. (Ron - what part of NE are you in?). Friends of Nepal just awarded them a matching grant to help with a small project which we were happy to do.

He is now helping the group with a community garden... Ralph - I think Ron has a family moving your way and may want to connect with you.

Thanks,

-- Aaron

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From: Ron Psota <ronp...@cox.net>
Date: Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:25 PM
Subject: Hi
To: aaron...@gmail.com

I’ve been working this entire weekend in getting a community garden in the Bhutanese apt. complex nearby my home.   We’re also getting them to celebrate the new year with the Nebraska Nepalese Society (NNSociety).  It has been busy, but it’s a lot of fun seeing the old ladies & men out digging in the ground & deciding what to plant.  One of my Indian friends brought his rotivator  over to till the soil.  I wish I had a camera, but forgot it with getting everything else there.

Are there any contact in Atlanta?  One of the Bhutanese families has a sister there & she is in the process of getting a divorce.  She would like to move to Omaha with her 4 kids.  I’m trying to figure out the cheapest way to get her here (cheap & best).  Keep in contact.

Thanks.

Ron

[Ron Psota]

Hi Everyone:

I’m in Omaha, NE (extreme east side – just acr0ss the Mighty Mo from Iowa).  Actually.  I have a woman with 4 kids that wants to relocate from Atlanta to Omaha. 

Hope to hear from everyone.

Ron

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[Gary Shostak]

Ron,

Do you know about the Nepali Dictionary Project? Excellent resource for refugees. Info at: http://www.nepalidictionaryproject.org/

Gary Shostak

[Dave Carlson]

Ron,

 

Welcome!  Community gardening has long been an interest of mine while working at a local food bank in Boulder Colorado.  It is great to hear you have helped to address the issues of the Bhutanese in your area.  Our Denver region has more Bhutanese than any other location in the country.  Fortunately they have gotten quite organized and are dealing with their transition  quite well.

 

Dave Carlson

[Jacoby, John]

The link below is for “Reel Lives” a project in NYC that provides an intensive film making workshop to allow marginalized, refugee and war affected youth to tell their story.  The 2011 class includes a film by Parbat Chapagai a Bhutanese refugee who lives with his family in the Bronx, NYC.   Parbat’s father Tika wrote to this Google Group over a year ago and through that contact my family and Tika’s have established a  friendship. Some time ago the FON Newsletter also published a piece that Parbat had written about coming to the US.  He’s a talented communicator. I believe there will be a friends and family showing at the Paley Center in NYC on July 9^th for those in this area that may be interested.  I’ll send more information when I can confirm

Best, John Jacoby    

http://www.reel-lives.org/films-filmmakers/class-of-2010/parbat/

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