Dear friend Nyima Samkar working the tree plantation in Delekling Tibetan Settlement in Chialsa (Chyalsa), Solo Khumbu, Nepal.
Nyima Samkar was the Settlement Officer of Chialsa back in 2007 when I last visited.
According to the Tibetan Exile Governments Department of Home:
"This settlement is called Delekling Tibetan settlement. At the time that the refugees in the Solo Khumbu area started the handicrafts center there in 1961 there were about 6000 refugees in the whole khumbu area. This number has gradually decreased over the years as many of the refugees have left for Kathmandu and India. At present there are only 657 refugees in this area including the workers at the handicraft center.
The settlement at Solu Khumbu has both a handicrafts center and agricultural land, which is quite good and is able to employ some of the settlers. The handicraft center was started in1961 by the Tibetans themselves in order to find some means of supporting themselves. The settlers depend on agricultural as the main source of living. They grow wheat, barley, potatoes and other vegetables. However due to lack of irrigation facilities and other agricultural know how the production from the agricultural is only up to the subsistence level.
Settlement Location
This settlement is situated at Chailsa, Solu Khumbu which is located in extreme Northwest of Nepal with an altitude of 2775, meters above sea level. The settlement has an average temperature of 21-degree Celsius and annual rainfall of 62cms.
Settlement Population
When the settlement was first established there was total population of 525 people.However with the passage of time there is fall in the population of the settlement. This fall in the settlement people is mainly because of the migration of the settlers to the urban areas of Nepal and India. This migration of the settlers is due to the lack of the employment within the settlement."
Dear friend Nyima Samkar working the tree plantation in Delekling Tibetan Settlement in Chialsa (Chyalsa), Solo Khumbu, Nepal.
Nyima Samkar was the Settlement Officer of Chialsa back in 2007 when I last visited.
According to the Tibetan Exile Governments Department of Home:
"This settlement is called Delekling Tibetan settlement. At the time that the refugees in the Solo Khumbu area started the handicrafts center there in 1961 there were about 6000 refugees in the whole khumbu area. This number has gradually decreased over the years as many of the refugees have left for Kathmandu and India. At present there are only 657 refugees in this area including the workers at the handicraft center.
The settlement at Solu Khumbu has both a handicrafts center and agricultural land, which is quite good and is able to employ some of the settlers. The handicraft center was started in1961 by the Tibetans themselves in order to find some means of supporting themselves. The settlers depend on agricultural as the main source of living. They grow wheat, barley, potatoes and other vegetables. However due to lack of irrigation facilities and other agricultural know how the production from the agricultural is only up to the subsistence level.
Settlement Location
This settlement is situated at Chailsa, Solu Khumbu which is located in extreme Northwest of Nepal with an altitude of 2775, meters above sea level. The settlement has an average temperature of 21-degree Celsius and annual rainfall of 62cms.
Settlement Population
When the settlement was first established there was total population of 525 people.However with the passage of time there is fall in the population of the settlement. This fall in the settlement people is mainly because of the migration of the settlers to the urban areas of Nepal and India. This migration of the settlers is due to the lack of the employment within the settlement."