Abhijit
Abhijit is FULLY SPONSORED and not taking new sponsors at this time. If you are a proud sponsor of Abhijit (thank you!), please use the buttons below to make your payment.
Abhijit is a friendly, intelligent, creative, and responsible child. His favorite subject is math, where he solves problems very quickly. He likes to build model cars, houses, and different things out of waste materials. Recently, he found a broken flashlight in the trash, and he fixed it without any help from any adults.
He likes to draw animals and to play volleyball and cricket. His favorite animal is a dog named Rani (queen). He loves her very much. But his favorite game is playing with his tiny car. He has tied his car with a thread, and he likes to pull it everywhere he goes. He enjoys going to the garden, looking after the plants he and his friends have grown. He is an excellent dancer, and he always participates in the cultural events held in the community. He is helpful, always helping his brothers and sisters with the chores in the family house.
Abhijit is a bright child with strong logical thinking skills. He is a natural critical thinker and questions knowledge that is unfamiliar to him. He is a man of many ideas and makes connections between concepts quickly. He enjoys listening to stories and predicting different kinds of outcomes for them. He shows interest in all his subjects and seems to enjoy them equally. He has a particular strength in math and science, where he has consistently demonstrated mastery with a few silly mistakes added to the mix. He is an independent learner and very curious. He is focused and takes ownership of his learning in the class and outside of it. He is hardworking and actively participates in group discussions and debates.
Child ID: 1508090
“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
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.
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.
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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