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| In Tibet, where the Chinese domination
is felt in all areas of life, the scholastic situation for Tibetan
children is tragic to say the least; in the state schools all over
the territory exclusively Chinese language, history and culture is
taught, except in two scholastic institutes in Lhasa, bordering on
illegal, where the Tibetan language is taught. For this and other reasons which by now are known also in the western world, there is a high incidence of Tibetans who choose exile in order to guarantee their children better living conditions, as well as to give them the opportunity to be instructed in the Tibetan language in order to preserve their culture which is on the verge of being lost forever. Given the high number of Tibetan refugees in Nepal (approximately 10,000-12,000, more than 1000 of whom are children) it is necessary to enroll children at least three years in advance in a waiting list at the three existing schools in Kathmandu. In these conditions, the number of children who are unable to receive schooling is rather elevated. Unfortunately, many Nepalese children are also forced to give up even a minimal level of schooling due to the economic conditions of their families, which do not permit attendance at private schools: the level of schooling in the Nepal public schools is currently disastrous. The commitment of the non-profit Butterfly Foundation is consisting today in the willingness to guarantee the required funding for the operability of the Tashi Boarding School by the promotion of a program of “distance learning” that has been recently activated. ( see relevant “distance adoption program”). The principal supporter and advocate of this initiative is Tashi Tsering Lama, president of the Tibetan community in Italy. He fled with his family from Tibet following the Chinese invasion of 1959, and is currently director of the House of Tibet in Votigno di Canossa (Reggio Emilia) and is considered one of the most talented living Tibetan painters. |
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| Right on a
2300mq lot that is in the Boudha neighborhood, in Milan Tole - Phulbari,
Kathmandu, a gift from an employee of the American Embassy to Lama
Tashi as a symbol of thanksgiving for the teachings he received, the
Butterfly Foundation built and opened on March 26th 2005 the
TASHI BOARDING SCHOOL where, in addition to primary elementary
and middle school classes, the Tibetan language will be taught to
approximately 180 children, and room and board to one hundred of these
children will be secured. The school, equipped with ten rooms, kitchen and refectory, gym, laboratory, bathrooms, separate dorms for boys and girls, apartments for the principal, guests and resident professors, and a temple for and religious teaching has been officially opened on March 26th 2005. |
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