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Gurkha Youth Forum
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Dear Gurkha Children and Young People,
There continues to be many comments about our youths in host communities with increasing Gurkha Nepalese settlements, mostly sweeping generalisations based on sporadic crimes involving Gurkha/Nepalese youths (which we should nonetheless be ashamed of, should try and refrain from in future, and try to establish and work towards alleviating the factors contributing to such incidents).
So much blood, sweat, life, limbs and youths have been lost by your parents, grandparents and forefathers to give you a proud legacy. In recent years, much efforts to ensure ex-Gurkhas their right to live in UK was also to ensure better opportunities and better future for their children, i.e. you. Majority of you have been able to to utilise the opportunities and are showing great promise for the future. To you, we wish well and hope to highlight your achievements in future. To the small minority who are struggling to adjust to life in UK, please do not fret, do not get into wrong groups who can lead you astray. If you are struggling, being manipulated, feel threatened, bullied, left out or not listened to, or are being abused, please reach out. You do not have to/should not feel forced to endure it all in silence. We do not have many outreach workers working with the community's youths, hence there is limited chance of anyone knowing about or listening to your struggles and/or sufferings unless if you reach out. By reaching out, you may find that many out there are actually willing to listen (often in confidentiality) and offer or direct you to appropriate support, to help get you on your feet. Use the help, try to make long-term plans as we are here for the long-run; take small steps at a time all the while keeping focused on your long-term goals and like so many others, you too can do it. Rise above temptations, short-term quick-fix options and aggravation(s) in all shapes and forms as any crime-related records and convictions will be hard to erase. Remember that one bad move can tarnish us all, while bringing you and your family much grief.
Conversely, your improvements and later achievements can bring us all happiness, not least to you and your family. By finding the time and inclination to listen, understand and support each other and by working together -including with our communities where we have settled, we can all help build a better, stronger future for ourselves, our own community and our host communities. Let there be the whole nation once again behind Gurkhas, with each of them saying: "I am proud to have supported the Gurkhas (and their immediate dependents) settle in UK". END OF LECTURE (SORRY IF YOU DIDNT NEED IT). TAKE CARE, LOOK AFTER ONE ANOTHER, BEST OF LUCK, AND WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012 !
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