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 …

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 …

SMD Online Classes continue Schools in the Kathmandu Valley are still under closure orders with an estimated 1.8 million children now out of school. At the beginning of this school year (June 2021), most of our SMD students (especially the older ones) stayed in the Kathmandu Valley with relatives or friends so they could access online classes and/or write their …

Awards Day at SMD While schools throughout the country have been closed, education for nuns and monks has continued. All gompas  (monastic institutions) are seats of learning as well as places of spiritual endeavour. Our monks happily moved back into SMD to continue their classes  and our nuns (who normally come to SMD in their bus) are continuing their classes …

Kathmandu is in hard lockdown again! But on to brighter news first… Partner Schools & Scholarships Last year, we were only able to place one SMD student on scholarship overseas–this year we’ll have three students abroad again!! A chance to finish high school in preeminent schools like the ones mentioned below opens doors to higher education for a select few …