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Tibetan
Refugee Camp was set up in 1960 under the initiative of International Red
Cross and the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC), known as Swiss Association
for Technical Assistance (SATA) then, in cooperation with Government
of Nepal. Its main objective is to enable the Tibetan refugees to do something
productive and support themselves. The carpet industry of Nepal is almost
run by the Tibetan refugee families and the carpet factories have been
a great source of employment for them to become self reliant economically.
Apart from the carpet industry, Tibetan refugees are also engaged into
handicrafts and there are many handicraft centers providing work opportunities
to the families of the refugees with its profits going for the education,
sanitation, healthcare of the Tibetans in the Refugee Camps including the
physically handicapped and senior Tibetans.
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