About the Name of school:
----The name of the school is a transliteration from
the Tibetan language.---”senjimeiduo”
“Last September, I learned of the Batang Project. At that time,
OmKya temple in DeRong County of Sichuan invited me to host
a throne succeeding ceremony for lalong Living Buddha. Before
I arrived at the temple, I heard from the Lama that a nun is busy
setting up a school and enrolling Tibetan orphans. Naturally,
several questions come to my mind: I wondered who she was and
why she chose this far-away and poor place to establish a school,
how could she working non-stop for several days. On the next
day, I met her in the temple and we had a congenial talk. After
the talk, I knew her name is Libing, and learned that both of us
belonged to the same religious sect of Drikung Kagyu. She said
after she finished the registration of the orphans here, she would
like to meditate in seclusion. Coincidentally, I knew just an ideal
place for her to go and invited her to visit Founder Damo’s cave.
To my surprise, she made the visit after a month.
During these days, she told me a lot of information about the school.
As a Living Buddha, bringing the Tibetan orphans good luck and
hope is the goal I spend my whole life pursuing, therefore, I really
appreciate all of the volunteers who make a contribution to Tibetan
education. Furthermore, I believe any one who displays charitable
behavior will have good luck.
After several months, Libing asked me to give a name to the school.
I think every one in the world is born of a beautiful mind, as a result
of principal and secondary causes, the emotion shows impact on
one’s pure soul. So I hope that through the kind behavior of helping
others, the beautiful flower in people’s mind will come into bloom.
Senjimeiduo---- the compassionate and beautiful flower in mind----
I wish it can bloom in everyone’s mind
Put palms together. Good luck and happiness to you！Wish you all
the best!”
Tashi Deleg
GURU Rangjung Pinpoche----Yunnan Founder Damo’s cave,
Temple master of Rab Kyae Lingh Temple
Prerequisites for support:
* Orphans or those children losing parents;
* Children from one-parent families;
* Children whose parents are disabled or sick for a long
time without work-capacity;( now we have children
whose parents suffer from sicknesses such as deaf-
mutes, blindness, paralysis, cancer, accidental
disabilities, psychosis or are stricken by poverty or
unable to go to school.
* Children form the poorest families;
* Children unable to go to school or exceeding their
school ages.
* handicapped children.
Legal representative: Libing
email: libing@tibetanflowers.org
On May 23, 2006, the Education Bureau in Yunnan’s Di Qing Ethnic
Tibetan Prefecture Education Bureau officially gave us, the Sen Ji Mei
Duo Charity School, permission to break ground. On June 13, 2006,
the school was were granted official status as a legal charitable
organization. On June 22, 2006, we also received official status as a
private charity orphanage-school in the People’s Republic of China.
The Sen Ji Mei Duo Charity School is a non-profit school offering ten
years of free education, shelter, food and medical care for all students
attending the school.
Our mission: We seek to offer our students ten years of necessary and
practical education that will allow them to in future support themselves
and to improve the community in which they live.
Our School Education Plan:
From Year One to Year Four teachers will focus on providing students
with a basic education which includes the Tibetan language, Chinese
language, English language, Mathematics, Computers, Geography,
History, Music, Physical Education, Art, Environmental Protection,
Personal and Public Hygiene.
From Year Five, students will branch off into three vocations:
Option One: Tibetan Thanka Painting. This vocation employs the
ancient, traditional methods using natural stone pigments and painting
techniques.
Option Two: Health Care and Hygiene Professionals. Students will
study basic Tibetan Traditional Medicine and Western Medicine.
Graduates will eventually run much-needed clinics in remote,
mountainous areas where there is currently no health care and where
common health problems now threaten the lives of the population.
Option Three: Translators. Students will learn to translate the Tibetan
language to English and vice-versa, or choose to learn to translate
Tibetan to Chinese and vice-versa.
Our Future Goals:
It is our hope that a few of the students from the first graduating class
will choose to remain at the school to become teachers and school
managers with the aim of continuing the cycle of education and positive
change in the area.
We also hope that some of the children will also start their own clinics or
charity schools in these poverty-stricken areas.
With this in mind, we also seek to find companies or individuals who
would be willing to in future support such schools and clinics. The
former will need a larger amount of funding, while the latter will need
just one healthcare professional from our school to make a huge
difference in the general health of the chosen area.
A note on the Thanka painting school, which employs natural fibres and
natural stone pigments; our goal is to ensure this dying art, dating back
more than 1,500 years does, not disappear entirely from the region. We
have currently found two elderly teachers who are willing to pass on this
knowledge.
How the School Uses Donation Money:
The project currently uses donations for the building the School and
Dormitories. Previous efforts to use existing buildings donated by local
villagers or religious persons were thwarted for various reasons, which
later required us to build on donated land across the Mekong river from
Batang, Sichuan. We are now located in nearby Yunnan but will still
educate children in the poor Batang region.
Each child needs 180 rmb per month. This fee goes toward the
students’ food, tuition, teachers’ salaries, electricity bills, needed
medical care, etc. It must be noted that in talking with several
people about this fee, Chinese friends believe the price to be too
high, while foreign friends believe it to be too little. But we are not
sure if this money is enough to ensure the basic needs of the children.
If anyone would like to give more, this money would go towards a
funding for medical or other emergencies that are not covered in our
medical insurance plan.
Suggestions for Donation of Books,
School Supplies Mailed Directly to the School:
We gratefully accept books or DVDs that can be used to teach the
above-mentioned subjects that are suitable for children only.
We do not need book bags, pencil bags, etc., as the children live at
the school. We gratefully accept notebooks (even used books if the
used pages are first torn away), pencils, erasers, pens, paints,
paintbrushes, toys, balls, badminton equipment, etc. All of these
supplies can be used supplies, but should be in working condition.
We gratefully accept medicines and medical supplies that are appropriate
for children only, including vitamins, environmentally friendly disinfectants, etc.
We gratefully accept clean, undamaged or mended clothing, bedding,
shoes or toys for children under 1.5 meters tall. We currently have an
overstock of adult clothing. We do not accept short skirts, short pants,
tank tops or midriff-baring clothing. We will accept newly purchased
undergarments only.
Please print your name and return address clearly on the outside of the
box and include your name and address inside the box so that we can
record your donation and provide the information on the website.
We will include the donation money and information on bookkeeping
section of this website.
Our Address:
Yunnan, Di Qing, Zang Zu Zi Zhi Zhou,
Wei Xi Xian, Ta Cheng Zhen,
Qi Zong Cun, Da Mo Fan Dian,
Li Bing Shou, You Bian 674609
The School’s Banking Account Information:(For RMB only)
Account Number: 24-169801040010876
Account Name: Sen Ji Mei Duo Ci Shan Xue Xiao
China Agricultural Bank (Zhong Guo Nong Ye Yin Hang)
Yunnan Province, Di Qin Prefecture Branch
Working Days from Monday to Friday. Donors are expected to bring
their National Identity Card or Passport to the bank when making
the transaction.
(For any money)
BANK OF CHINA BEIJING BRANCH No. 8 Ya Bao Lu
Beijing, China
SWIFT number, BKCHCNBJ 110
Account Number: 4000404-0188-041918-1
Account Name: LI BING
Teachers:
Qualified educators will be required to sign a contract with the school
and will all be required to spend at least one year at the school.
Basic education teachers will be paid a subsistence salary of 220 rmb,
and will be provided with free room and board at the school. They will
eat the same food as the students, at the same time as the students
and in the same cafeteria as the students. Each year, teachers will receive
700 rmb for travel expenses, to be disbursed after spending a minimum
of one year at the school.
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