| Tashi Dolma B015 Girl 17 years Class: 8
"My motivation in life is to help my villagers, I want to help them in the field of education. I want to become a teacher and educate those people who didn't have any opportunity to study like I did. In this way, I can also repay the generosity of our founder who has done so much for all of the Himalayan children who were helpless; now many of those poor children are able to stand on their own feet with the help of V. V. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, SMD School and our sponsors. Thank you all for all thegenerous support towards Himalayan people." |
B028 Pema Dekyong Girl 15 years Class: 9
"My motivation in life is to make the best of every moment and to work hard to achieve, rather than taking anything for a granted."
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B119 Karma Choesang Boy 14 years Class: Special Junior
Karma Choesang is from a village called Nar which lies in the northwestern region of Nepal (near the Tibetan border) in Manang district. It takes one day by bus and a minimum 4 days’ trek to get Nar from the Kathmandu valley.
Manang is one of the most food deficit districts in the hungriest country in Asia. Hunger in Nar is extreme. Traditionally, Narpas are herders and subsistence farmers but most of Manang is high altitude desert, so the land yields enough to last only 3 to 4 months in a good year. Narpas grow crops like wheat, barley and so on and herd yaks, horses and goats. They live without running water, electricity and sanitation. There is no health care. Every year many people die from hunger and the lack of medical care.
A year ago, a fight broke out in Nar. It was about a Himalayan fungus (cordyceps) known in Nepal as yarsaghumba, long famed in Tibetan and Chinese medicine, and which in recent years, has gained notoriety as an aphrodisiac. For a few years, the people of Nar were able to harvest the fungus on the alpine slopes above their village. With a few weeks’ harvest of yarsaghumba they were able to feed their families for the entire year.
Last year, lowlanders crowded in to reap the bonanza. A fight broke out and two were killed. Later, the Maoists came up to the village and (enforcing their parallel government) took a member from each family, especially the strong ones, to devasting effect on the people's living. They were taken to prison, Karma Choesang’s father, among them. A year later, 19 are still in prison and their children are starving. That’s why we gave priority to children from Nar this year, even if they weren’t on our Waiting List.
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B120 Tashi Dhondup Boy 8 years Class: Special Junior
Tashi Dhondup is from a village called Lho. It lies in Nubri in the northwest of Gorkha district. Lho is very remote and completely undeveloped. It is one of the most severely food deficit regions in Nepal.
The family very poor. They survive through subsistence farming, but Nubri is subject to extreme weather. The inclines are steep and rocky and the land is not really a favorable for agriculture. Most people are seasonal nomads, but Tashi Dhondup’s family are too poor to keep animals.
No one is educated in his family so they don’t have much hope to earn their living by working in a town or city. His parents really want him to study and help himself and the family, but they have no source of income to pay for his schooing. All schools in Nepal cost money, if only for uniforms, books, exam fees and bribes for the teachers to do their jobs.
Though he is just 8 years old, he had to work before he came to us. He had to go to the fields with his parents, and into the forest to collect firewood and he had to take care of his siblings as well. |
B371a Dev Raj Pariyar Boy 16 years Class: 9
"As one of Thrangu Rinpoche’s students, because of his kindness and help towards me, I have made my motivation to help others. This is because Rinpoche teaches us about dharma and dharma teaches us about how to help others. I am very much interested in computer, so I think that I will help this school in the computer field and work for Rinpoche’s benefit in the future."
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B516 Lhakpa Tsewang boy 13
Class 4
Lhakpa Tsewang is partially sponsored, but needs more support.
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Menla Tsering Gurung B519 Boy Age: 8 Class 1
Menla Tsering needs $200 US/year |
B813 Tenzin Norbu boy 7 years Class: UKG
Tenzin Norbu will be fully sponsored next year. This year only, he needs 425 USD. |
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