Scholarships for Tibetan Bon Refugee children

Education in Asia

Summary

Expanding educational opportunities for Tibetan Bon refugee children in Dolanji, India through scholarships.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $3,300 was raised for this project.

Received $3,300 from 25 donations from people like:

Carol <i>(Anon.)</i>
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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The Bon are a minority Tibetan ethnic group that fled to India when the Chinese invaded Tibet in 1959. In 1968, the Bon established a community in Dolanji, India on donated land. Today, 75 Tibetan Bon families (including 300 children) are settled there. The community has an orphanage, children's hostel, school (to the 9th class), health center and community farm. Students wishing to continue their studies need scholarships to attend school outside of the community.

Activities

CHI has helped the leaders of the Bon community write grants to improve their water, sanitary, health, education and living condition. CHI has also provided funds to purchase a milk cow and improve water and living conditions.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $3,300

Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed

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 $3,300 as of Feb 25, 2004.  The original project funding goal was $3,300.

Additional Documentation

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

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

CHI is working with Bon leaders to make secondary education possible for the community's children through scholarships. This project will allow 10 children to attend school for one year.

Project Message

The community's leader in Dolanji, India remarked "Without an education, these orphaned children have no future. Scholarships give them hope and bring smiles to their faces. They know someone cares."
- Toc Dunlap, President

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in IndiaIndia and can also be found under EducationEducation.

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 21, 2003