Approximately one month earlier, the U.N. World Food Programme announced that it would be forced to cut half of the food aid to Bhutanese refugees living in southeastern Nepal due to lack of funding. However, the WFP announced recently that Australia has provided the agency with $460,000, which will enable the agency to once again resume food aid to refugees in camps. This is wonderful and reassuring news for the thousands of refugees who rely on the WFP as a food source.
...Speaking of the U.N., click on the link below to watch a video produced by the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) about the initial resettlement of the Bhutanese refugees in the United States.
http://www.unhcr.org/47cc007c4.html
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