by Becky Loy
Nomadic families live 5-10 km apart in order to graze their yak and sheep on the Tibetan Plateau. This makes it difficult for children to attend day schools, so in 2007 Ayang Rinpoche supplemented the government’s contribution to help build a new boarding school in Rima Village, Rinpoche’s birthplace area.
Now 125 boys and girls aged 7-12 years are receiving instruction in Tibetan, Chinese and mathematics. With money from a Rotary grant, a new well has been built (insert “school well”) and summer and winter uniforms and shoes purchased for all the children.
This summer, with funds donated by the Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation and personal contributions, construction will start on a new kitchen and dining room, as well as additional dormitory space. Many of the children are now being sponsored by Rinpoche’s Western students, allowing even the poorest children to have all the necessary supplies, food and clothing to attend school. For only $180 per year you can make a difference in a Tibetan child’s future.
Please consider making a donation to the Ayang Monastery Clinic in Tibet or to sponsor a Tibetan refugee child in India.
