Almost 30 students from refugee camps in Nepal are settling into life and school in Chicago. A huge change from the life they had before, they are being helped by teachers and an organization that assists refugees. - - Donna Poisl
Rejected by Bhutan and Nepal, refugees come to Chicago with help from Heartland Alliance
By Pam DeFiglio, Special to the Tribune
For the first time in her life, Laxmi Biswakarma, 17, is going to a school that has electricity, heat, running water and food at lunch time.
In June, Biswakarma left her remote Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal and along with her parents and 8-year-old sister took her first plane ride -- to a new life in Chicago. That life began in earnest last month when she entered Sullivan High School in Rogers Park, traditionally a gateway for immigrants.
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