Maddogg, on a previous occassion I too had contacted the UN at Nepal but they never responded to my emails and repeated reminders. So, I'm not sure why they did not respond?

 

MadDoGG bro, contact the Iraq Embassy in DC or Consulate in NYC and let them know of the dire situation our Nepali brethren are in.  Once something comes about, I'd be glad to contribute financially to their cause. 

Also, could we have the names of the human smugglers/coyotes/pseudo man-power agents who got them there in the first place?  And, why were these laborers stupid enough to go to a place like Iraq in the first place?  Damn, I pray for their safety but once they're all safely back in KTM, both the agent and the duped should all be imprisoned and ridiculed mercilessly.

Samsara thanks for your advice...I will try to contact the embassy. the people who are PART responsible for the Nepalese stranded in Iraq are mentioned in the aritcle too ...here it is.

The owner of Yartho Hotel has been saying that he won't employ the Nepali workers as per the contract until Nagendra Puri and Chiranjivi Sharma come and pay him $ 40,000 they owe to him.

well I wont stop writing to them......please dont stop too. Some of them must have sold everything to go there and some must have taken huge loans to get there so they would so hard to repay it all and still have some to provide a better life for their families. they risked their lives to go there and some SCUMB BAGS took advantage of their desperation and scammed them......THAT IS REAL SAD. I checked the world news and NADA nothing mentioned so far.........

I just called Iraq Embassy and Inquired about the situation, they have no clue about this incident ..I dont blame them because there anre many thinhs in their work load more important than attending to incidents of this nature BUT The guy was very nice and is going to let me know if he finds any information or even how true or legit this news is. He asked me for the source of the news and how reliable is the news. I told him that I read the news daily and its very reliable so far. well lets wait and see what happens ......Gusy I was in My store and it was loud music from the mall. Can someone call and inquire again with more clarity...please understand Im at work and customers all around and this lady (customer) was so rude at me for being at the phone while helping her.....LOL but guys please call and get more INFO  Iraq embassy # 202-742 1600

You doing good job bro!

Lets be part of it and at least pray for all of  them.

lets put the pressure on Iraq Embassy and media  so that they won't negelate those helpless Nepalis. After they are rescued, we need to go after those looteras. They are making money by playing with people's lives. I wonder what those people are made of. Do they even have hearts? Those heartless people must be penealized for their acts and the Nepali Government and media must aware innocent citizens of Nepal about these kinds of incidents.

Great job MadDog, m trying to communicate from my side as well, will share if happen to hear anything.

Good luck to all the Nepl bros

you r doing great job MaddOGG bro. You have all my support. If there is anything I can do, let me know anytime. I will gladly participate. As far as Iraq embassy things go, I don't know how much helpful they will be but we need to find exactly what manpower agency they were in Nepal who sent them ? and how ? It's something we should put pressure on Nepal govt. Probably  requesting the leading newspapers..and HUMAN RIGHT PEOPLE ( lets see how much they really care about human lives ) to put pressure on Nepal govt. to take a step at national level.

Wonder why can't the manpower agents be disclosed and punished. And why people agree to come to Iraq. That's just unfortunate.

kati halla gareko..help is already on the way,,,

बगदादमा अलपत्र नेपालीको स्थिति बुझन सरकारको निर्देशन

काठमाडौं, (नेस) इराकको राजधानी बगदादमा अलपत्र परेका ३ सयभन्दा बढी नेपालीको यथार्थ स्थिति पत्ता लगाउन परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालयले विदेशस्थित तीन राजदूतावासलाई बुधबार निर्देशन दिएको छ।

मन्त्रालयले पाकिस्तान, साउदी अरब र यूर्एइस्थित नेपाली राजदूतावासमा पत्र पर्ठाई सो निर्देशन दिएको परराष्ट्र मन्त्रालयका प्रवक्ता हीराबहादुर थापाले नेपाल समाचारपत्रलाई बताउनुभयो।
इराकमा ३ सयभन्दा बढी नेपाली अलपत्र परेको समाचार बुधबार प्रकाशका आएको थियो।यथार्थ स्थिति बुझी कस्तो सहयोग गर्नुपर्ने हो, त्यसको जानकारी लिइने मन्त्रालयले जनाएको छ।

नेपालीलाई जान इजाजत नभएको इराकमा अवैधानिक तरिकाले दलालमार्फ पुगेका म्याग्दी, नवलपरासी, चितवन, झापा, स्याङ्जा र नुवाकोट जिल्लाका १ सय ५० जना र बगदादकै ग्लोबल सेक्युरिटीमा काम गर्न गएका १ सय ३५ जनाभन्दा बढी नेपाली बगदादको एयरपोर्टनजिकको खुला सडकमा अलपत्र परेको जनाइएको छ।

एक हप्तादेखि अलपत्र परेका उनीहरूलाई ४० जना इराकी प्रहरीले घेरेर राखेको र दिसापिसाब गर्न पनि नदिएको बताइएको छ।

repost sry

Thanks ( * )( * )  LOL

that makes me feel real good. Atleast there are some decent human beings, I hope we will hear more about this and have the guilty put behind BARS after being tortured and their properties sold to compensate the money taken from those who got duped. AND no humanitarian agencies has responded to any of my letters and calls. Well things are looking up so lets wait and see and thanks again (dd) for the fresh news.

MadDog and others,
Yesterday night I tried my best to find contact add of all the concerned parties i.e. Global Security, Yathro hotel, Nepalis Association of Man Power, and Nepalis emabssies around. I found add of Global Security and wrote immediately.

In such cases its always better to contact foreign parties (than Nepalis) they are quick in response and try their best in most cases. Like I said I got prompt response but my bad :-( that was bit different. Just now I was trying to write Iraqi Police Headquarters and Baghdad Airport, and American humanitarian forces in Baghdad but got a good news that Nepal has sent some officials.

Here is an extract from email from Global Security(copied and pasted)...Good Luck all the Nepali brothers.

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Hello,

You have contacted us in error as we are GlobalSecurity.org, not Global
Security.
We are a private research organization and we do not have any operations or
staff in Baghdad or Iraq.

Sincerely,

François Boo.

At 02:23 PM 7/10/2008 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Sir/Madam
>Global Security
>Washington St,
>
>Just happened to read the news that 300 Nepalis who came to work for your
>company i.e. 'Global Security' located near Baghdad city are not allowed
>to work. Moreover, their situation is very pathetic and struggling hard on
>open sky for hand to mouth.
>
>Have your organization (Global Security) done anything to smoothen the
>process and help those dejected and helpless Nepali workers who only came
>to work in your organisation? The news said 'they were brought to work for
>'Hotel Yartho', if so what is the real problem behind? why they are not
>allowed to work ?'
>
>Who were the agents you dealt with before signing the contract? Nagendra
>Puri and Chiranjivi Sharma are blamed in news, if so, can u please give us
>the details of those people and all their companies if your organisation
>is not responsible for this act.
>
>I hope Global Security is considering this issue very seriously as its a
>matter of lives of hundreds of people who are just abandoned in unsafe
>streets near danger zone (Airport).
>
>Please follow the link for news
>http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul09/news04.php
>
>Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
>
>Thank you for your kind cooperation.
>
>
>On behalf of all the Nepalis
>Mr. Amazing
>


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I am currently in BIAP (Baghdad Airport) working for Dept. of Defense. There are many Nepalese working in the vicinity of Baghdad Airport inside many US camps. I meet and talk to them daily. They provide me with Nepalese and Hindi CD's, movies, Sukuti, Khaini and so on. I do not how reliable the news is because I have not heard anything about these Nepalese being trapped without jobs nor have the other Nepalese laborers. I will try to find out more tomorrow.

Thanks hakunaku (intresting name LOL) if you check www.nepalnews.com there is an article on this case that I have posted above. I felt compelled to help our stranded brothers from Nepal because we all  know what stakes they have gone through to get to a war torn country just so that they can provide a better life for their loved ones back home. I am very happy that you have responded to this post and that you are so close to the source of the incident. Please keep us updated.Thanks very much. Hope you also find out who caused this trouble and hand them to the authorities.

Amazing bro Thanks for your effort, you did get a response but all the places I spoke and e-mailed to havent relpied me but our HAKUNAKU bro is a nepalese from the Area and he will provide us with more info. But again bro your effort was very Noble. lets see how this situation progresses.

As I mentioned before, I come in contact with many Nepalese workers mainly laborers in Iraq and Kuwait. Most of them are from small villages in Nepal. They usually pay the agent about 2 lakhs (average) rupees. It takes them about 1 year, may be little more just to earn what they paid the agents. Most of them work in US military camps as kitchen helpers, laundry services, and janitors. Some of them have been here for 4-5 years without any leaves. They work 7 days a week, 12 hours shifts. Their salaries are mere 300 – 600 dollars per month. They all have 2 years contract and after 2 years they can go home for vacation or quit. There are also many prior Nepalese or Indian Army folks who work as security personnel who earn about 800-2000 dollars a month by putting their life in danger. Some of them who are fluent in English are also in the supervisor position and earn about 1500 dollars a month. They have no medical facility and if they get really sick, they end up going back to Nepal. Their living condition is not as pleasant, as they all live in trailers with very limited space.

 With that being said, the few Nepalese that were stranded in Baghdad without jobs was true. I asked the few guys here. They said that happened about a month and half ago. They also said that most of them have been sent back to Nepal but few managed to get jobs somewhere else. I will try to find out more about that later.

It is unfortunate that these agents in Nepal take advantage of these poor people.

 

 

I m so proud of u guys. If it is true then we really have to step forward. Thanks guys.

Thanks hakunaku bro......... I was really concerned because the news was posted very recently in Nepalnews and since that we have tried to contact many humanitarian agencies but none responded. Thanks for providing the information. The thing that surprises me is that you say it happened one and half month ago and for us it was fresh news...maybe it took long for the news to be spread but.....the news clearly says that 300 nepalese are stranded and are guarded by 40 iraqi guards and arent even allowed to use the toilets around and were given two pieces of bread to live in a dangerous street outside with no cover and easy targets. The news also mention two names Nagendra Puri and Chiranjivi Sharma ..they are supposed to be in Iraq ...he ows some money to the hotel owner so he didnt allow Nepali workers even though they had contracts. Please Inform us more and please keep in touch and thanks for all you help bro.

The news is a very sad one. God please help these people.

But it surprises me, how come these Nepalese wanted to be in Iraq for money as we all know that 12 Nepalese were killed about two years ago. Even Nepali government has barred anyone from going Iraq for work.

I don't really get this. People are ready to get killed over money. Are these people just illeterate / don't know what happened before? Or are these people real greedy? Are we really in that dire situation??

As Hakunaku noted, it takes more than a year just to pay off the debt they take to get there. The money that they are getting does not even seem any worth of the risk.

I don't know why Nepalese end up in a situation like this. It really saddens me.

Bro I dont either but Look at Nepal right now bro.........The situation of nepal is so bad that Jobs are hard to come and even if you have one all the bandha, chhaka jam and all the strikes these leaders command. it hurts an honest man trying desprately to feed their families and the LURE by these agencies are also the main reason...they dont announce the dangers but show the money that can be earned. Do you know that Nepals population is 27 million in which 7 million and more unaccounted are working in foreign lands..I recently read that somewhere and I forget where....Ill try to find out. But my point is in NEPAL THERE IS NO STABILITY and everyone wants a ticket out. Its sad but true and many will take advantage of this crisis to leave the country. Yes Iraq is a war torn country but Nepal isnt  that safe either now a days and is heading towards civil war if things doesnt get better. I love Nepal and I love our NEPALIPAN...its unique and now  its being destroyed bro. You know what kills me the most. THE DISRESPECT WE GET BY INDIANS and being the 13th ranked poorest people in the world.....I feel so bad. It is up to us to change that image............Hongkong was a mere fishing village just 100 yrs ago and now look at it.......that wasnt long ago. WE can transform Nepal too so our brothers wont have to risk their lives to go abroad when the will be able to provide in their own country..................