School Teacher passes away in ND who served long in camp.

REFUGEES VOICE/ Moses Lagoon

Late Bhatki Pokrel

Bhakti Prasad Pokhrel, A longtime teacher of Bhutanese students, who served the Bhutanese community as a teacher for 34 years, passed away on December 27, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was 69.
A 69 year old Bhakti Prasad Pokhrel, a longtime teacher of Bhutanese students, who served the Bhutanese community schools for 34 years, passed away on December 27, in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
According to source, Late Pokhrel died with the problems related with postrate and lungs, multi-organ complications of diabetes, esp leading to renal failure. He died while being treated at the Altru Hospital.

He started his teaching career from a private school in Sibsoo in 1968. Completing his training at the Teacher Training Institute (TTI) from Samtse, he joined Changmari Primary School as a trained teacher in 1971.  Late Pokhrel was fond of his students, taught in various schools until his voluntary retirement in 1992.
After approaching Beldangi from Bhutan, he he joined the Bhutanese Refugee Education Program of the Caritas Nepal and got retired in 2002 due to his old age in exile.

Many of resettled Bhutanese from two cities, Grand Forks and Fargo, gathered at a local crematory center on December 29 to pay the last tributes to the departed soul.

School Teacher passes away in ND who served long in camp.

Moses :Lagoon

Bhakti Prasad Pokhrel, A longtime teacher of Bhutanese students, who served the Bhutanese community as a teacher for 34 years, passed away on December 27, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He was 69.
A 69 year old Bhakti Prasad Pokhrel, a longtime teacher of Bhutanese students, who served the Bhutanese community schools for 34 years, passed away on December 27, in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
According to source, Late Pokhrel died with the problems related with postrate and lungs, multi-organ complications of diabetes, esp leading to renal failure. He died while being treated at the Altru Hospital.

He started his teaching career from a private school in Sibsoo in 1968. Completing his training at the Teacher Training Institute (TTI) from Samtse, he joined Changmari Primary School as a trained teacher in 1971.  Late Pokhrel was fond of his students, taught in various schools until his voluntary retirement in 1992.
After approaching Beldangi from Bhutan, he he joined the Bhutanese Refugee Education Program of the Caritas Nepal and got retired in 2002 due to his old age in exile.

Many of resettled Bhutanese from two cities, Grand Forks and Fargo, gathered at a local crematory center on December 29 to pay the last tributes to the departed soul.