Holidays And Sustainability
Holidays begin for the youngsters and more news on our Apple Tree project The end of the winter term has arrived at the winter school in Pokhara and the younger girls who can get home, and those who have homes to go to, have set off for Upper Mustang for their one month holiday before the new summer term begins in May. It remains cold in Upper Mustang with snow on the hills and residual snow in the valleys as this recent photo of the school yard shows but hopefully will be warmer when summer term starts in May. Of course, before term ended it was exam time – all the students and...
Read MoreTashi Delek, Happy Losar Year of the Female Earth Pig
Today, is the beginning of Tibetan and Chinese New Year celebrations for 2146. We are entering the year of The Earth Pig. Special prayers (puja) have been recited in school to purify diseases, obstacles and misfortunes in the coming New Year. 2 days ago Gutor, the 29th Day of Tibetan Lunar Calendar, was celebrated. A special 9 ingredient noodle soup called ‘Guthuk is traditionally eaten in the evening with dumplings . The dumplings contain various ingredients like beans, charcoal (or pieces of paper containing “fortunes” or inspirational words), chilli, wool, People...
Read More2018 National and School Exams
It hardly seems anytime at all since term began and already exams are here again! This week has witnessed a very important milestone – Year 8 Basic Level Examination of Pal Ewan Namgyal Monastic School under the supervision of Lomanthamg Rural Municipality. This is such an amazing achievement and result of so much vision and hard work by all the Namgon family as the school is the first monastic school in Upper Mustang reach the standard of applying this government recognised exam. We have heartfelt gratitude for the vision and tireless efforts of our dear Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Rinzin...
Read MorePlease Help Us Support Our Teachers
No news for a while whilst the girls were at school in Mustang and now 2 newsletters come along in close proximity! As I mentioned in the recent blog, we are now ready to launch our latest fundraiser to help raise funds for our teachers’ salaries for next year. Due to an amazing effort by our visionary Khenpo-la and all our Namgon family, Pal Ewam Namgyal Monastic School was awarded a licence to deliver Year 8 education this year. This is an amazing achievement given that here are no other schools that have demonstrated the required standard to attain year 8 education licences in...
Read MoreA Busy Summer and now Time for Warm Clothes
It’s been a busy time during the summer school term in Upper Mustang with 2 big community-wide events and a lot of construction activity. It’s been a while since the last newsletter and we have so much to share! In July the school was greatly honoured by a visit of HH the 42nd Sakya Trinzin, who stayed in school and gave teachings to over 6,000 people from Mustang and neighbouring regions. Attendees could also receive a free medical check up at the social project medical camp provided for the community at the event. These community teachings are a great benefit for people in...
Read MoreSummer News from School in Mustang – June 2018
Improved telecommunications now mean that we can receive more regular news of school activities whilst the girls are at summer school in Upper Mustang. For the first time there’s some occasional internet signal available due to improved phone signals. Our 3 new girls have settled in well – they come from Dhading, very poor district of Nepal and walked 5 or 6 days to get to winter school in Pokhara for admission before coming to Mustang. Thank you so much to our new sponsors for their kindness in supporting our newest and very welcome additions to the Namgon family. Lessons and...
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