home (in german)   jharkot project survey   people in the project   experiences german version       The Project Shree Jharkot Traditional Medical Center and School - Where A Little Is A Lot For several years now students and teachers of our school have supported a little free of charge boarding school for children of very impoverished families in Jharkot, a village located at 3550m above sea level in the Himalayas. Our arts and crafts teachers Christina Klaffinger and Wolfgang Pichlmüller worked and lived there for three months from September 2008. Their >> report gives an idea of the extreme circumstances as well as the lively atmosphere in the school.

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world; our former colleague Dr. Karin Inmann, co-founder of Austrian NGO Ecohimal spent several years there as development aid worker. One of the projects in whose origins she was significantly involved was Shree Jharkot Traditional Medical Center and School – a small school on the monastery grounds of Jharkot, connected with the ordination of an Amchi, a doctor of Traditional Tibetan Medicine. When Ecohimal stopped funding the project in 2006 (Ecohimal in principle only supports its projects only for seven years, after which time they must stand on their own two feet) this seemed to be the end as well for both the school and the - also free of charge - traditional medical care for the villagers. Karin Inmann asked the students of Musisches Gymnasium for help. Through different activities we have succeeded - together with the German foundation Jharkotprojekt e.V. - in raising the funds necessary for the survival of the school. From the money donated two round-the-clock teachers are remunerated, who apart from teaching also act as organizers, educators and parents to the children. Sustenance for the children - besides the small contribution their parents can give from what they grow on their fields - has to be paid for, as well as shoes, clothing, school and hygiene items. The more than modest salaries for the cook and the Tibetan doctor have to be mustered, there are expenses for electricity, and wood and gas are needed for cooking... In order that we can continue giving these children a better start in life we kindly ask for your help! Contact: Christina Klaffinger, Wolfgang Pichlmüller email: Donation account: Mus.Gymn.- Jharkot Nepal Account no.: 00000106799 Volksbank BLZ 45010 IBAN: AT82 4501 0000 0010 6799 BIC: VBOEATWWSAL

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