We Admitted 59 New Students This Month We did admissions on March 20 and 21. The new school year will on April 23. The children started to arrive a little early – note the red cheeks on the small children – this is often seen in high-altitude children from cold, windy mountain villages. Everyone was welcomed into the SMD family. …
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CELEBRATING LOSAR AT SMD
Losar Tashi Delek – Tibetan Buddhist New Year We celebrated the Losar holiday from February 18th until the end of the month. For SMDers, the highlight was seeing Thrangu Rinpoche at the Thrangu Yangtse Monastery, a couple of hours away. At any given time, we normally have above 100 children in residence at our school, but this year, since there …
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LOSAR TASHI DELEK! 2023
Happy New Year – The water rabbit year 2150 By the blessings of the truth of the Three Jewels and Three Roots, As this New Year of the Female Water Hare dawns, May all misfortune of illness, famine, and war be pacified, And may the glorious qualities of an age of perfection grow. -Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Namo Buddha, Nepal Losar …
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Happy New Year 2023!
Celebrating Annual Sports Meet We celebrated our annual Sports Day on January 13. Students and staff had been preparing for weeks – the excitement inside the school was electric! Three emcees made announcements in the languages we use: Tibetan, English, and Nepali. Special thanks to all our guests for their presence and time, and our event managers (Tsering Dhondup B340a …
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CELEBRATING OUR FOUNDER’S 91st BIRTHDAY
Visiting and paying Homage to our founder and Tsawe Lama Kyabje Yongzin Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. On 9th December, all of SMD – children and staff, bussed up to Thrangu Tashi Yangtse monastery at Namo Buddha to offer “Ku Sung Thuk” and Homage to Tsawai Lama Kyabje Yongzin Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche. There we also celebrated Rinpoche’s birthday without a massive crowd, …
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Tashi Delek From SMD School
Sponsors In 27 Countries Help SMD We started the year with 70 boarders without sponsors. Now all but a handful of SMDers are sponsored. Remarkable, given the challenges the world is facing. Last month, I noted that it is more difficult to get sponsors for boys (especially older boys). Bingo! Friends in Canada sponsored Ravin Kadkha, pictured above on the …
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SMD School Autumn Update
After COVID-19, So Happy To Be Together Again Basanta Budha (grade 5) was so eager to get back to SMD that he walked four days straight from his village. “I love to stay in school for many reasons such as, when I go to my home in the village, I have to work. To be honest, I don’t have friends …
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Rinpoche visited his monastery
Our Founder Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche arrived at the main monastery. After three very long years, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche visited his monastery, Thrangu Tashi Choling in Boudhanath, near the school. Rinpoche also visited Thrangu Tara Abbey at Sitapaila near Swayambhu after five years. Rinpoche kindly accepted audience and bestowed kind advice to the nuns and also appreciated their effort and …
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SMD SCHOOL MONSOON UPDATE
We Started the Year with 70 unsponsored Children, Now more than half have been sponsored Six-year-old Lhakpa Dhundup Lama is one who still needs a sponsor. He’s from a village called Ripchet in the Tsum Valley, Gorkha District, on the shoulders of Mt. Manaslu. Also please visit our website to know which of our Kids Needs Sponsor. https://himalayanchildren.org/kids-needing-sponsors/ SMDers for …
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SMDers To The Rescue
SMDers To The Rescue The school year started with 70 unsponsored boarders. We put out a call to all our SMD graduates who are overseas, asking for help. These heroes jumped up! Dawa Dolma Sherpa and her sister Sherab Dolma sponsored a little Sherpa girl (SMD’s blind choice). It turned out the little girl is their niece! Tsering Namgyal was …
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Five Years Of Partnership
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 …