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| Direct Funding For Schools |
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The aim of the Direct Funding program is to improve the learning atmosphere for Tibetan students by providing them with funds for teaching aids, school furniture, sports equipment, clothes and bedding material. When it has the means, Tibet Charity prefers to fund sustainable projects that will continue to reap benefits in the years to come. The kitchen garden project is one such scheme. |
| Kitchen Garden Pilot Project |
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In an attempt to increase the nutritional standards and self-sufficiency of schools, Tibet Charity called in local experts and a Danish specialist to train students and staff at 2 schools. They were shown how to start and sustain a vegetable garden and fruit orchard under local conditions. One of the schools, the STS Bhuntar School had been unable to grow vegetables due to the marshy soil. The visiting Danish expert helped them to build a raised bed and put the infertile patch to good use. Encouraged by the success of the pilot project, Tibet Charity will extend the scheme to other Tibetan schools. There will be a workshop for teachers to show them how to set up and maintain a garden in their own schools in 2009. Tibet Charity will also provide the initial funds for such gardens.  Danish expert, Sten Melson at STS Bhuntar |
| Field trip to Cherapunjee |
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On the request of school's headmaster, Tibet Charity arranged an educational tour to Cherapunjee for the staff and students of the Sambhota Tibetan School in Shillong in June of this year. It was arranged especially for the poorer students who could not travel home in the summer vacation. The students visited many scenic spots such as Elephant Falls and the spectacular Ma Vsmai cave, famous for its' stalactites and stalagmites. But it was not all fun and games. Students collected specimens of plants and learned about different geological processes. On the return journey they stopped at the Air Force Museum where they were visibly impressed by the displays of full sized helicopters, missile launchers and aircrafts. The fledgling pilots returned home exhausted but exhilarated after their dare devil escapades!   The Air Force Museum Splashing around the Flora Fountain |
| Beds for students of the Tibetan School in Tenzingang |
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Tenzingang is a village high in the Himalayas of Arunachal Pradesh. The climate is harsh and even harsher if you have to sleep on plastic sheets without mattresses. The children of the Tibetan School in Tenzingang, unable to afford mattresses and blankets for themselves, were forced into such conditions. The Director of Tibet Charity discovered this on his visit to the school. Now with the help of Tibet Charity in Denmark they have got proper mattresses along with the bedding materials. |
| Vaccination Camp for students |
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Tibet Charity financed a Hepatitis B vaccination camp at the CST Chauntra School at the headmaster's request. The forward looking principal, who recognized the disease as one of the main causes of untimely death among Tibetans, took this praise-worthy initiative. The school has around four hundred children, most of whom are from a very remote area called Tuting in the North-east Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. No action had been taken previously since the parents are by and large uneducated and hence did not understand the need for vaccination. Tibet Charity funded the program and the school made the necessary arrangements of doctors and vaccines. The camp was held over one day in October and all four hundred students were successfully inoculated  Vaccination day at the CST Chauntra School |
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