Send a Tibetan girl in China to school for a year

Summary

91 girls who would never be able to go to school if we did not help. They are orphans or from destitute families and your help can give them a way out of their poverty. progress report read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of £1,449 was raised for this project.

Received £1,449 from 58 donations from people around the world like:

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Literacy for women in the Tibetan Autonomous Region was estimated to be 57% in 2000 (2007/2008 UNDP China Human Development Report). Most Tibetans in the Kanze area are farmers and nomads, living far from the town so many children need to board. The government gives some funding, but it is not even enough to pay for the food. There is nothing for bedding, clothing, books or medical care so that many children, particularly orphans and those with only one parent, simply can’t afford to attend.

Activities

ROKPA provides funding towards food, books & stationary, healthcare, bedding and school fees for these girls who are either orphans, from single parent or destitute families through their time at this primary school.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £1,449

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled £1,449. The original project funding goal was £9,572.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

By providing these girls with an education, we are helping them escape from a cycle of poverty. It will bring about social change, as they in turn will be more likely to ensure that their children are educated and make it the cultural norm.

Project Message

My favourite food is rice. I like Tibetan (language) and English best. I like to dance and jump and play games. When I grow up I want to be a teacher.
- Tsering Yangzom, 10 year old student with only one parent

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Victoria Long,

Kagyu Samey Ling
Eskdalemuir
Langholm, Dumfries & Galloway DG13 0QL
United Kingdom
01387 373232 Ext 230
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Organisation

ROKPA UK
Kagyu Samye Ling
Eskdalemuir
Langholm, Dumfries & Galloway DG13 0QL
United Kingdom
01387 373232 Ext 230
http://www.rokpauk.org

Learn more about ROKPA UK and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in China and can also be found under Children.

For more information about China, read the Human Development Report on China or the Wikipedia entry for China.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 12, 2010.

Latest Update from the Field

A report from ROKPA UK for Kanze Girls School

By Victoria Long - Coordinator for ROKPA in the UK, June 25, 2010 11:32 AM

Dear Friends

We are really pleased to be able to let you know that with all the funds raised by you, as well as funds raised through other branches of ROKPA in Europe, we have managed to reach the target amount of £9,449 needed for this project this year!! Thank you all so much for your contributions. We are so happy that we can be sure that all these 91 girls are secure in their education for another year.

Now we are placing a new project onto this site: Primary education for Tibetan orphans. ROKPA supports over 1000 orphans and children from destitute nomadic and farming families, through primary schools in Tibetan areas of China, different groups or sometimes whole classes in different schools. We have committed to funding these chldren for another year and we hope to be able to help them into the next stage of their education as well. Come and see this project on the Globalgiving site and help us keep these children in school. Their future is in our hands.

Best wishes,

Victoria Long

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