Tenzin

Tenzin is in need of sponsors!

Tenzin D. was selected to pursue Tibetan Medical practices, Men-Tse-Khang in Tibetan Medical and Astro College of HH the Dalai Lama, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. Tenzin plans to learn the ancient wisdom of Tibetan medical practices to preserve ancient cultural knowledge and serve her region where medical facilities are minimum.

Tibetan Medicine is traditionally and culturally important to the region. She is focused on preserving this vital tradition to give back to Jhamtse Gatsal Children's Community and her region.

Tenzin is a born leader. She is able to draw the notice of a crowd and command their attention with her powerful voice and personality.

She writes:

"I was born in a village. It is a big village and houses are close to each other. There were four of us in my family. (Brother, me and my parents) Most of the time we used to play with my brother. He used to look after goats and sometimes I would also go with him. He was my friend and brother both. There were girls but they used to play and I was playing with boys. My parents were farmers. Sometimes there were misunderstanding between them and they would fight. I would cry and my brother would also cry. When they finished fighting my mom would go to other peoples home and stay for sometime. I wanted to go with her but my father wouldn’t let me go with her. Their fighting would happen when they would drink. They used to drink alcohol a lot at winter season and working at summer. As a child I loved to play a lot. I used to love to play gilli danda and a game where we have competition with boys that who can throw rocks far and how much weight of a rock can be lifted. At free time I love to play games with my friends and writing things and reading."

My favorite:
Food – no favorite food, love everything! Movie – Divergent
Sports – Cricket, Football, Table Tennis and Volleyball

Child ID: 0707039

Featured
Your Impact
Your Impact

“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
Jhamtse India
Jhamtse Germany

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 DeGlopperleader, photography, volleyball, female, medicine, needs sponsors, age 22