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First children to arrive
November 2006
Eager learners at Antahkarana Youth Hostel
Limi women are learning to read and write Tibetan in the women'st literacy program at Youth hostel
Students reviewing test outcomes at Namgyal School. They are top performers in their classes.
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Currently our projects serve hundreds of indigenous Tibetans spanning three generations. New children enter our programs each year. The far reaching effects of education and employment relieve the suffering of extended families. Antahkarana programs are making a powerful impact on the Humla region of Nepal. All of our projects have been planned and carried out with the engagment and participation of the villagers we serve. Antahkarana employs village youth and young adults as teachers and managers in our schools and cooks, guides and porters for our cultural tours that raise money for the projects.
- Three New Village Schools. In August of 2008 we established three new village schools at Til, Waltse (Halji) and Zhang in the Humla region of Nepal. The area is known collectively as Limi, Nepal. Enrollment in LKG(lower kindergarten) and UKG (upper kindergarten) and classes for over-primary-age children exceed 90 students. These year-around-schools provide quality education in Tibetan, Nepali, English, math and cultural subjects including Tibetan Buddhism, which forms the basis of their village culture. Each year since the founding of the schools, a new classroom has been added to accomodate children coming of school age.
- Children will be able to enter higher level education in Kathmandu after grade five. The schools have begun their first session with limited materials and furnishings. Teachers will receive ongoing training as we are able to provide it.
- School Tuition Program. Antahkarana sponsors 23 children into Namgyal School in Kathmandu, which is part of the Tibetan Government in exile Ministry of Education.Children receive an excellent education and support of their Tibetan culture.
- We are finding that many young people after receiving education do stay close to village ties. We are proud of the young people who have already returned to their villages as teachers. Our young students dream of returning as teachers,doctors, agriculturalists, business people and serving in many other roles to care for their parents and bring their villages into the modern age.
- At the Antahkarana Youth Hostel in Boudha Kathmandu, Nepal, our Namgyal elementary students are cared for in a home-like setting during school vacations and special holidays. When the children are away at school the hostel serves as a community center for Tibetans from the Humla Region of Limi, Nepal and a meeting place for women, youth and elders.
- Women's Literacy Program. Women are learning to read and write their native Tibetan language and English at the Antahkarana Youth Hostel. Literacy improves parenting skills, and allows for a deeper understanding and practice of their Tibetan Buddhist beliefs.
- Leadership Training and Opportunity. Limi youth are training to go to villages as teachers in our village schools. Antahkarana employs Limi youth in our projects giving them hands-on opportunities to engage their business and leadership skills to bring sustainable economic growth to the villages. The Limi youth are taking unprecedented initiative in procuring long withheld rights for their villages and assisting in the management of the village schools.
- Young monks attend our village schools and Antahkarana supports Tibetan Buddhist monks who travel to Kathmandu and stay at our guesthouse there.
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Founder Deanna Campbell with village leaders in Limi, Humla, Nepal
Student simple desk in Zhang Village School
 Happy children line up for first day of school in Zhang Village, Humla, Nepal.
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