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Jawalakhel Handicraft Center (Pvt.) Ltd.-
After the Chinese invasion and complete occupation
of Tibet in the year 1959, thou-sands of Tibetans fled Tibet and
sought asylum in India, Nepal and Bhutan. For those Tibetans who
could reach and stayed in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, His Majesty's
Government has so kindly allotted some land within the Kathmandu
city area for the rehabilitation of the Tibetan Refugees. Among
the Tibetan Refugees, there were a few skilled Tibetan carpet weavers
whose main occupation was carpet weaving in Tibet. Keeping in view
this expertise and to employ Tibetan refugees in carpet weaving
to sustain their livelihood in the future, the International Committee
for Red Cross & Swiss Association for Technical Assistance (SATA)
now called Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC) jointly established
the Jawalakhel Handicraft Center PVT. LTD in 1960 with the
kind cooperation of His Majesty's Government of Nepal.
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