On November 15th, we at Danakosha Trust will be celebrating the Lha Bab Duchen festival. Lha Bab Duchen is one of the major annual Buddhist celebrations that focuses on engaging in positive activities. Thanks to the donations we have received, we are happy to be able to send funds to our school project in Manali, India.
We are happy to announce that school activities are flourishing and there are new students. The school is almost up to full student capacity, from 17 students to 29 in total at the moment.
We have continued supporting the student community at Ngodup Choeling School of Pangan Gonpa in Kullu-Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India. Ngodup Choeling is a monastic school where the children learn Buddhist philosophy and other subjects. The school’s main goal is to support the education and welfare of the children attending the school. Through our sponsorship, the school is able to provide food, clothing, education, school supplies and residence. There are currently 17 students attending the school, ages 5 to 16 years. The students have just finished their exams for the spring term and had a short holiday. Now they are back at the school and excited to continue their studies.
We have launched a new sponsoring program with Ngodup Choeling School of Pangan Gonpa in Kullu-Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India, after the teachers and staff requested us to find sponsors for their students. Ngodup Choeling is a monastic school where the children learn Buddhist philosophy and other subjects. The school’s main goal is to help the children and the society in the future. The children come from poor families, and as a monastic school, the school will provide food, clothing, education and residence. The age of the students varies from 5 years to teenagers. The school building was finished in spring 2017 and the construction works had received financial support from notable Buddhist sources such as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. The inauguration of the school was held on June 4th and the school classes started at the beginning of August. Although the building is finished, Ngodup Choeling School is looking for sponsors that will enable the children’s studies and continuation of the study program by covering general expenses. In total, there will be more than 30 students studying at the schooling program.
Danakosha Trust has sent a clothing donation to a lay school in Dzachukha, Tibet, that has been our aid recipient since a few years. The tribes of Dzachukha are nomadic herders. Environmental conditions are hard but nomads are self-sustaining and have been able to preserve their cultural continuity. Lately the modern influences have made way to this region and are threatening the traditional way of life.
Since the nomads are living in different locations according to the seasonal changes, most of them do not read, and speak only their native dialect. The educational opportunities are limited and thereby we are very pleased to be able to help the girls and boys studying in this lay school. Danakosha Trust sponsored the annual clothing for the children. These photos were taken on the day the children received the clothes and both teachers and children were very happy about the donation.
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