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End of Winter Term Fast Approaching
Winter term end is fast approaching and soon students, staff and support staff will make the challenging journey home again to Upper Mustang. For those of them that can get home or have families to meet they will be happy to join their families for a month before summer term...
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Prayer Flags at Losar
One of the Losar traditions is to renew the prayer flags flying in the wind. There are two kinds of prayer flags: horizontal ones, called Lung ta, meaning “Wind Horse” in Tibetan, and vertical ones, called Darchog, meaning “flagstaff”. Lung ta...
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Exam Time and Happy Losar
The end of winter term is fast approaching and soon students and staff will travel back to Upper Mustang for the summer. Before that happens though there’s the matter of exam time! This week has been a busy one with exams at the beginning of the week and now culminating...
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"English blog for friends & supporters of the Altevette-Onlus "Pencils of Light" Project"
Opened August 2012 by the founders of an Italian charity based in Milan (www.altevette-onlus.org).
About The School
The school provides accommodation and education to girls from impoverished families living in the remote highlands of Upper Mustang on the border with Tibet and of nearby Buddhist Himalayan regions.
The Students
The children’s age varies from the youngest being 5 and the oldest being 18. Some of the girls are orphans, others have no family members that are able to care for them due to extreme poverty or poor health and others have no access to schooling due to the remoteness of their homes or nomadic lifestyle.
Donations Needed
Any amount you give is deeply appreciated and will be used in full to help young people in need. You can make a one-time donation or choose to sponsor a young child in her studies. Your support will change lives in innumerable, profound ways.