Tsandong

TSANDONG IS FULLY SPONSORED AND NOT TAKING NEW SPONSORS AT THIS TIME.
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0606003 Tsandong Lhamo
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Tsandong teaching at Jhamtse Gatsal - 2021 photo
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Tsandong is studying at University. Her future plans include returning to the community to teach her younger brothers and sisters.  She likes to learn about nature. Besides her studies, she likes to dance, listen to music and participate in any kind of sport.

Her Jhamtse teachers describe her as a “hardworking and determined girl.”

She is known as the girl with the contagious laugh!

After the quarantine period, Tsandong and all the graduates divided their time mindfully in different activities wherever the Community required support. They gave the kitchen staff a much needed break and took over all breakfast responsibilities. After breakfast, Tsandong took responsibility to teach English for grade 9 and 11, as due to the lockdown the newly hired teachers were unable to reach campus and the existing teachers were covering for them by teaching additional classes. Tsandong continue teaching their young fellows, helping young children who arrived to the community last year with their chores/responsibilities, teaching them after dinner and sometimes also help in construction whenever required. Her presence has supported the amala’s (housemother) a lot and have made every adult member of the Community a sense of relief in this situation and proud of the adults they are becoming.

This time Tsandong and all the graduates spent a good time in community discussions to take Jhamtse’s way of life further and much deeper in their lives. They are actively learning and practicing ‘Karmayaan’ (Karma- Action, Yaan- Vehicle) a reflective meditative practice introduced by Gen Lobsang Phuntsok la during this lockdown.

Q: Could you please share a fond memory that you have of the first time you met Jhamtse Gatsal Founder Lobsang Phuntsok?

A: When I met Genla for the first time he was an austere man with a heart full of gold which makes everyone happy. His smile and hugs are very special.

Child ID: 0606003

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Your Impact
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“The most positive change that I see in the children today is that where they had nothing and no hope in their life; today, they are dreaming and thinking of doing something for the world at large; they are thinking of paying forward the kindness of their supporters and caregivers. This, to me, is the biggest achievement of all.”

— GEN LOBSANG PHUNTSOK LA

Write Your Sponsored Child
Write Your Sponsored Child

Your words of support are important to the children. In keeping with Jhamtse Gatsal's Project Earth initiative, we ask you to send electronic letters via email to sponsorship@jhamtse.org. These letters are forwarded to the Community throughout the year and shared with the children. Sponsors will hear back from children once a year.

Typically, a letter from your child will arrive as part of Jhamtse Gatsal's annual sponsor update, which contains a letter to you, new photos of the child, and a report on how the child is doing from a teacher, Ama la (house mother), or school administrator.

As we share sponsor letters electronically, we ask that letters be kept to a couple of pages in length. Children love seeing pictures of you, your family, and/or your daily life. The children love to hear about your family, things you like to do, and what the world looks like where you live. These are subjects that translate easily across different environments and cultures and to a younger age group.

When writing, remember English is not the children’s first language. Short and simple communications are most successful; Ama las and older students may help translate for the younger ones, but mostly the children love looking at the letters independently. Many of the smallest kids are still learning to write the alphabets of the three languages they study. Their native Monpa language has no written form.

Birthdays

While we prioritize birthdays in our society, in Monpa culture, they customarily have little significance. Parents often don’t know the exact date of a child’s birth.

Sponsorship Commitment
Sponsorship Commitment

When you sponsor a child, you have an opportunity to build a relationship with your child through letters and photos.

Minimum sponsorships are $400 USD per year or $35 per month.

If you live in the US: Your contributions are tax-deductible under U.S. tax regulations. As a non-profit, Jhamtse International is tax exempt in the United States under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue code.

To make a tax-deductible donation/sponsorship as permitted under regulations from the following countries, please click on the link below:

Jhamtse Switzerland
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Sponsor a Child Today
Sponsor a Child Today

Your US tax-deductible contribution of just $35 a month connects a child living in extreme poverty with loving care and a quality education. Sponsoring a child will profoundly change the future for your child and other children, and will change your own life as well. Our sponsorship program is at the heart and soul of Jhamtse Gatsal. 

Our children arrive scared, neglected, abandoned, scrawny and subdued - with little hope for survival, let alone education. Many suffer from malnutrition and have run the risk of starvation. Access to clean water, reliable healthcare and preventative medicine in remote villages often means greater risk from even simple medical concerns. Your sponsorship will give these children a chance to heal. Your support provides:

  • A loving and compassionate home and family

  • Education

  • Nutritious food

  • Health and hygiene training

  • Medical and dental checkups

  • Support through higher education until their first day of work

Jennifer DeGloppernature, sports, dance, higher education, teacher, fully sponsored, 0606003, age 23