Celebrating Five Years Of Partnership Shawnigan Lake School shawnigan.ca celebrated five years of partnership with SMD. Our director, Shirley Blair was honoured to be invited as a guest to the Scholars’ Luncheon. We SMDers were deeply moved by the care and thought that went into the celebration – kudos to Sara Blair. In chapel, Acharya Karma Sangpo spoke about the …
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SMD School Spring Update
New School Year! The 2022-2023 school year started on May 9th. These are some of the 70 boarders who need sponsors. You can change a child’s future for less than a cappacino a day. Some Of Our Scholarship Kids Were Finally Able To Come Home Several students managed to come home – Dechen …
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END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR: 2021-22
Exams Are Finished! Results day will be on May 8th. The Grades 8 and 10 must wait a little longer until their results are published; early May for the Grade 8s. 10s. The Grade 10s will return to their villages until the government publishes the SEE results (possibly at the end of June) then they will return to Kathmandu to …
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SMD SCHOOL SPRING UPDATE
Our School Year Finishes Soon COVID-19 protocols are still in place: temperatures are checked morning and evening, everyone is masked and washing their hands like crazy. SMDers are studying very hard, especially the Grade 8s and 10s who are facing Board Exams. The Grade 10 exams for the SEE certificate (secondary education examination) is crucially important in Nepal. The exams …
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Everyone is back at SMD
They’re All Back! Everyone is back at school and we are running normally again, though we are quarantined. Here, our new little kids playing on the colourful play station sponsored by our US-based foundation, Himalayan Children’s Fund. 24th Batch Graduated in February A joy-filled graduation was held – everyone so glad to be back together again! Thirty-eight SMDers finished Class …
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SMD School Winter Update
Physical Classes have started again! The Junior Grades (KG – 4), as well as Grades 8 and 10 have come back into the hostel and physical classes have finally started again after three and half months of online education – the day students come and go under the supervision of our medical officers. The older kids (Grades 5, 6, 7, …
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Thank you for helping SMD continue What a year it has been in Nepal. Tourism stopped, borders closed, people lost their jobs, supply lines were cut and prices spiralled. Most Nepali kids had no access to the internet, so their schooling came to an abrupt halt. Our loyal supporters made it a different story for SMD children and staff. All …
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NEW STUDENTS!
Our Boarding Programmee – November 2021 SMD has mostly been closed since March 2020. Our students have been attending online classes with full support including rations, clothing and learning materials, as needed. We’ve just admitted new students at the end of November (some still to arrive). They have been waiting since normal intake times April 2020 and 2021. The newbies …
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The new Rinpoche.com launched
Meet the whole Thrangu Family and view all of Thrangu Rinpoche’s activities on his new website, www.rinpoche.com On the very special occasion of “Lhabab Dhuchen”, Thrangu Media launched Thrangu Ripoche’s new website, www.rinpoche.com with a new responsive design. This website is completely run by the monks of Thrangu Monastery. Rinpoche’s activities and teachings will be posted on this website. 60 …
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Accepting 60 New Students
Good news! Five year old Kancha Mukha is coming into our boarding programme in November, along with 60 other children. They have been waiting since the start of the pandemic. Since most have had no schooling at all, they need in-person classes, but our other students have basic skills and are able to cope with online classes. Also coming back …
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Relief flights to Manang
Disaster Relief Thrangu family monks flew 28 relief flights into Manang with funding from Sowers Action Hong Kong. Other good hearted folk in Switzerland and Canada have been providing rations in rural communities in Tsum and Sindhupalchok. Helicopters are a lifeline for high altitude people, but renting them drives costs exponentially. As usual, the state seemed to have no presence …