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This Bhutan one of the highest per capita refugee generators in the world due to the implementation of Driglam “Driglam” (Cultural Code of the ruling elite) with a “One Nation, One People” policy which has imposed language, dress codes and customs of Northern Bhutanese on the entire population. Repression in southern Bhutan, where the government began forcing the closure of schools and hospitals in order to continue from where Nepalese origin. Often, most countries are overburdened with refugees already the poorest in the world. Nepal continues to rank as one of the poorest countries in the world in terms of human development yet hosts more than 100,000 Bhutanese and 20,000 Tibetan refugees. Nepal poor social and physical infrastructure services are overstrained by such an influx of refugees. There are seven camps with a population of 101,000 refugees, half of which are in the Beldangi camp. The camps are located in the plains of eastern Nepal and cover two districts (Jhapa and Morang), which are the most populous in Nepal. Order in refugee camps must be on the winding roads of earth through fields or wooded areas for at least half an hour away. The forest suddenly clears and Barack pound range appears in the clearing. It seems that if you come to a civilization long hidden from the rest of the world. During the seven camps, there are 45 schools, 40,000 students and 956 teachers. The pupil / teacher ratio of 40:1 is average, but in reality the classes are bigger than that, as the number of teachers including head teachers and trainers, the times of very little, because if everything. A school environment is much more than basic needs to read and write, but also provides an outlet for children, experience a sense of normalcy, safety and routine after several years of turmoil. Most classrooms are temporary structures (often a mixture of brick, bamboo and grass) to the limited life of the bearings. Many of the lower classes do not have offices and children are on jute mats, which were in the camps while the income-generating activities initiated by Oxfam sitting constructed. However, all classrooms with a table and chair for the teacher are provided. The panels are portable with an easel. Each school has organized a large open space where assemblies can. are identical to the structural appearances seen many schools in rural areas of Pokhara and the Kathmandu Valley. No country for refugees for cultivation but the vast majority of refugees are of rural conditions. Artificial Life in the camps for over ten years is not preparing the younger generation to a life on the farm at home in Bhutan. Most of them are not involved in agriculture in the last ten years and it is feared that they lose their knowledge and experience in the area where they earn their future lives. Although training programs and income generating projects have been launched, they are not a substitute for farm work, which will return the most refugees. However, access to medical care, food rations, education and training in improved conditions led to many refugees. The author began with the Green Directory and 5% of revenue goes to charitable organizations in Nepal. See GAN a British charity in education in Nepal.