25 Questions

1. How have Tibetan refugees preserved their culture?
2. What difference does land ownership have on cultural preservation?
3. Do host families increase the confidence of incoming refugees?
4. What kind of industry do the refugees use to become economically independent?
5. How do you fund cultural preservation (especially for monasteries, etc)?
6. What has Tibet done differently with their community compared to other displaced populations (like the Kurds)?
7. Are Tibetan refugees more successful than refugees from other cultures?
8. Who has to take the responsibility for refugee assimilation (the individual, NGO, host family, etc)?
9. Why are there so many beggars on the streets of McLeod Ganj?
10. Do foreigners encourage a system of dependency when they give aid without expecting work?
11. How do politics work for a government in exile?
12. How do foreign countries assist a government like Tibet without upsetting the Chinese?
13. What would help a Tibetan exile to easily adjust?
14. How long does a refugee stay with a host family?
15. Does the government want to foster an attitude of independence?
16. In what ways have the existing NGOs in McLeod done to help incoming refugees become independent?
17. How does the Buddhist religion effect someone when they contemplate becoming a host family?
18. What's refugee opinion of host families? Host families opinion of refugees?
19. Can a community, like the Tibetan settlers, ever become comfortable in an exiled state?
20. How does the Dali Lama help in refugee assimilation?
21. Does an NGO that uses host families see more long term results/sustainability with refugees?
22. What makes Tibetan's resilient to change?
23. How do Indian's feel toward Tibetan settlements/refugees?
24. How do you prove that host families make a difference when there are a number of variables contributing to refugee sucess?
25. What are the social/economical benefits for India by allowing Tibetan's to use their land?