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1. One of Shenpen’s project on the news: Update on our reconstruction project in Dhola, Dhading
   

   Here is a video taken during our last visit to Dhola with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche. Most of the work is completed and villagers, after having lived almost two years under the tent can at least move into their new homes. Shenpen, with the help of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery, invested…

2. Meet the donor: Babu Kaji Shrestha
   

   Since December 2015, Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen is involved in a post-earthquake project building 55 houses. This project is possible before of the generosity of hundreds of donors. One of them is Mr. Babu Kaji Shrestha, a devoted student of Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, instigator of the project. While visiting the project…

3. One year already!
   

   On December 13th 2016, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche made a special journey to the village of Dhola, in Dhading District to view, first-hand, the progress made on the building of 55 new homes for victims of Nepal’s destructive earthquakes of 2015. Rinpoche toured the new construction site, examining every aspect and…

4. Meet our donors: Ulli Glocknitzer
   

   Ulli Glocknitzer is an Austrian citizen. She works in a kindergarten as a teacher assistant. Ulli looks like having an ordinary life but she has extraordinary characteristics: her commitment to the well-being of humankind and an unbelievable devotion to people of Nepal that she visited twice. After the devastating earthquake…

5. On the progression of the fundraising campaign
   

   Since last October, over USD 250,000 in construction material—rebar, cement, sand, aggregate, stone, etc.—has been purchased. Shenpen also supports the transportation of those materials from Kathmandu or different factories to the building site.     Current estimates place the project at fifty to sixty percent complete. As the community themselves provides the…

6. The Challenges of Education in Nepal
   

   In 1951, 9,000 students were registered in primary schools across Nepal and only 1,700 students were engaged in secondary level education. At that time, Nepal counted only two colleges. There was no university. The impact of this was that only 5% of the adult population was educated in a modern…

7. Rangjung Yeshe Shenpen and C.H.A.N.C.E. for Nepal (UK) Join Involvement in the Education of a Community
   

   If you are planning for one year – sow rice For ten year – plant trees For hundred years – educate people [Chinese proverb]   Since the developing stages of Shenpen in 2004, SHENPEN Education had as a mission to provide educational opportunities to the poor and needy children of…

8. Meet the community 8: Maya Tamang, a courageous mother
   

   My name is Maya Tamang and I am 32 years. Before the earthquake, I had never carried rocks, sand, or rods. I did not know about building houses. But I have learned to do all of those things and take care three children on my own.   On the day of…