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Anak-Lachenpa School of Hope
The Anak-Lachenpa School of Hope is a non-governmental
organization (NGO) in Gangtok, Sikkim, India. The Hope School,
inspired by Anak Dorje Namgyal and founded by his daughter Tenzing
Lachenpa, is for children in Sikkim living below the poverty line.
Tenzing Lachenpa, also known as Tenzing Anak,
is from noble Tibetan lineage. She lived in Toronto, Canada and
Burlington, Vermont for several years before returning to Sikkim
with her family to found the Hope School during the summer of
2005.
 As
education is a privilege and not a basic right in many parts of
India, social situations make it impossible for many to afford
proper food, clothing and schooling. The focus of Anak-Lachenpa
School of Hope is to ensure that adequate schooling is provided
to each child housed by the School. The school is in Gangtok,
the capital of Sikkim and one of the gateways to Tibet.
Vision
The vision of the Anak-Lachenpa School of Hope is to provide education
and home-life for 20 poor or abandoned children. The children
in need represent a cross-cultural mix (Sikkimese, Tibetan, Nepali,
Indian) of rural children living in Gangtok, the capitol of Sikkim.
The School vision also includes a Tibetan crafts micro-enterprise
program as a means of training and supporting rural women, and
of, establishing a long-term funding mechanism for the School.
Goals:
- Improve the welfare of the disadvantaged.
- Provide a permanent home in a family-style
environment to children who are without shelter or to children
who have lost their parents.
- Prepare and equip these children
for an independent future.
- Insure that each child receives
an education and training according to his or her needs.
School Program:
Phase I:
Until the building facility is complete, the Hope School children
are being sent to local public schools which are supervised
by the government of Sikkim. This first phase includes the
provision of education, housing and meals. The goal is to
provide the children with a basic level of education, house them,
and protect them from ever beginning to live a life-on-the-streets.
Currently there is a room
for seven children to live in  temporary
quarters and to attend local public schools in Gangtok at a cost
of $50/child/month. Funding for these children
is essential to safeguard their health and education.
Financial support is needed immediately and very welcomed. Each
child needs an advocate and a funding source to keep their future
viable.
Phase II:
Phase II includes purchase of a plot of land and building a permanent
boarding school facility. Currently there are opportunities
for the purchase of school land in an easily accessible area of
Gangtok.
Fundraising for Phase II has begun. Once
the land is secured, design and construction of the school facility
can proceed, followed by hiring of teachers and care-givers for
the family-style living environment, purchase of desks and blackboards,
and acceptance of children.
The school facility will include 15 rooms,
an office, space for staff, rooms for the children’s caretakers,
kitchen/dining space, and a small playground. Children of all
ages will live together with their school mother in a beautiful
and inspirational facility. They will be housed, fed, supervised,
and educated.
Budget:
| Annual
School Budget for 20 Children per month |
| Room rent (6 rooms) |
Rs 900 x 6 rooms |
= Rs 5400 |
$125 |
| Food per child |
Rs 600 x 20 |
= Rs 1200 |
$280 |
| School fees per child |
Rs 500 x 20 |
=Rs 10,000 |
$232 |
| School transportation |
Rs 2000 |
(Rs 80/day) |
$46 |
| School supplies |
Rs 150 x 20 |
=Rs 3000 |
$69 |
| Expenses per child |
Rs 50 x 20 |
=Rs1000 |
$23 |
| Caretakers' fees |
Rs 2500 x 5 |
=Rs 12,500 |
$290 |
| Total
costs |
| per month |
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Rs 45,900 |
$1,065 |
| per year |
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Rs 550,800 |
$12,780 |
| Initial
funds needed for the school building |
| Land |
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$20,000 |
| Building design and construction |
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$25,000 |
Once the school is fully operational, the
development of the micro-enterprise activities is expected to
fund the annual building and school expenses.
 Fundraising:
Education
Program:
- Support one child for one year costs $650.
Building Program:
- Build one room $1000 x 15 rooms
= $15,000.
- Build kitchen, dining space, hall,
and playground =$10,000
Funding demands a significant fundraising
effort on the part of the School supporters and Trustees. We are
seeking funds from both international institutions and private
donors.
Anak-Lachenpa School of Hope is an Indian
registered NGO charity based in Sikkim. The School of Hope is
state recognized and has a Board of Trustees who is responsible
for directing the activities of the School.
How you can help us:
- Support a child at $50/month (US dollars)
- Send a donation
towards one of the following projects:
- School building
- School rooms
- School land
- General fund
- Medical fund
- Tell a friend about the Anak-Lachenpa
School of Hope
Yes, I want
to become a Sponsor
Many children in Sikkim and surrounding
areas are abandoned, poor, and needy. Children like these can
find a new home at the Anak-Lachenpa School of Hope, where they
will find security in the care of a school mother and the companionship
of their school brothers and sisters.
In becoming a Sponsor, you are making
an invaluable contribution towards the work of the Anak-Lachenpa
School of Hope, helping us to help children. Instead of being
forced into menial work at a young age, they will go to school
and have the love and compassion of their school family. Instead
of despair, they will have hope and prospects for the future.
Please contact us to make a donation. The Anak-Lachenpa School
of Hope can receive donations to either its bank account in the
USA or Sikkim. The School is not presently set up for credit card
transactions.
Contact
For further information about the School and its
programs, or to offer financial support, please contact:
Tenzing Lachenpa,
Director of the Anak-Lachenpa School of Hope
Burtuk, Swastick
Gangtok, Sikkim - 737101
India
tenzinganak@gmail.com
or
Diane Elliott Gayer, Architect and community
planner
Vermont Design Institute
416 Pine Street #E2
Burlington, Vermont 05401 USA
vtdesign@sover.net
Ms. Tenzing Lachenpa of the Anak-Lachenpa School of Hope is working
with Diane Elliott Gayer, Architect of the Vermont Design Institute
to design and develop the school.
Geography
Sikkim is a small beautiful state of
India in the Eastern Himalayas with steep mountains and deep valleys.
It is barely 7096 square kilometers in size, yet has an elevation
ranging from 300 to 8585 meters above sea level, and is one of
the gateways to the Himalayas and Tibet. The major mountain peak
of Sikkim is Khangchendzonga, the world's third highest mountain.
Sikkim is surrounded by Nepal to the west, Tibet and China to
the north, Bhutan to the east, and West Bengal, India to the south.
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