Posted by: Geology Tiger December 24, 2011
Problems of Nepalese students in US
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@SIS: I understand your frustations and acknowledge some of your valid points. It could be my fault to throw this open ended question but whatever valid points you have raised those are beyond the scope of my question. The question 'What Nepalese parents should do before they send their kids to US?' it is definitely bigger than my question. And obviously I am not saying that these Nepalese organizations in US need to pay tution bills of Nepalese students. Being a student representative for such organization I am just trying to indentify basic helps that one ogranization can offer to Nepalese students which can make their life lot easier.

Anyways thanks for dropping your ideas and merry chirstmas to you. Sorry I don't have sexy sari for chirstmas gift, will you accept my 'jhuse dari' instead? (just kidding). I really enjoy reading your posts except stories like what you did during Thanksgiving break in your father-in-law's house. So please keep writing.   

@moonshine, ojaswi, jantare, sunayani, raju and nepcha: thank you very much for your genuine ideas and suggestions. After reading you suggestions these are the points I want to include in my request.

1) To include a section for students in their website where they can find every piece of necessary information and send their queries to the organization. It could be helpful even for students in Nepal trying to find an affordable or reputed school in that particular area or for students in US moving to that area. We have seen many threads in Sajha just to find Nepalese community so this could be really helpful.

2) To pick newly arrived student from airport, provide an accomodation for few days and give a short tour of important places I think we can make a list fo volunteers and ask them to serve based on their availability

3) To provide information of jobs and rooms there are more than 100 gas stations, gift shops and restaurants of Nepalese owners in my area. An organization can keep the information of available jobs in those places and relay to job seeking students. Same thing can be done regarding rooms.

4) To provide ride to grocery stores and malls It can be easily done if we can hook them up with any established Nepalese family in their area.

5) To organize cultural and social events and health camps I think most of the organizations do such things but the management part  and the politicalization of these programs always have been major concerns.

6) Scholarship for poor and talented students There are always such people who want to donate part of their earning for social welfare. So it's not that impossible to establish some kind of scholarship to support talented student in economic hardship.

Please suggest me if you have anything else in your mind

@nepcha: you have brought some really interesting topics here specially the concept of umbrella organization of professionals which I think is important not only for students/professionals but also for our home country. The bigger picture of ANA has been already ruined by unprofessional management and poor choice of content during their meeting but I still believe that there is a small group of people inside ANA lobbying for technical session. Once, I also heard that 'Nepal ka Yuwa' is planning to extend their network in other parts of US but haven't heard anything about the actual progress. Nepalese students of New Mexico State University also organized similar conference few months ago. So basically If we can tie all these different Nepalese groups in some sort of network that will be great place to bring the ideas and people together and make real contribution to our society. If I get an oppurtunity to work for such frontier I will definitely take part on that.  

@nepali kancho: i think you have raised the most important issue, mero pani gf nepalmai faseko cha yar.... ke garne lastai tension bha cha... 

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