Sponsors 2008

* Tomo Yooshi - Japan
* Nel Willeken - Holland, visited with her group.
* Barbara Steinmann - Switzerland
* Italian group
* Isolde Waters and her friends from the Tibet Support Group, Germany
* Helga Wittlinger and Adelheid Deutschmann's friends - Germany
* Dzi Foundation board members
* Yeshi Khandro and Dolma, Coordinators of French sponsors for LNA
* Elizabeth Gardaner - Switzerland
* Marianne Wiseman - Switzerland/Australia
* Mira de Rooy - Holland

The Global Fund for Women

approved LNA's application, and funds will be released in December 2008.

Donations were made to the nuns by Marianne Wiseman (warm jackets for the nuns at the nunnery and the hostel and funds to cover the glass for the new accommodation for the nuns and winter heating), and the Monastic Vikramsila Education Society, a support society for monks and nuns education, Leh (mattresses, quilts and shoes for 14 nuns, and support for food during the two-month winter holidays.)

The Dzi Foundation

met LNA on May 12 08 and shared information about the Foundation and its projects in three nunneries:

1. Thardot Choling, Rezong
2. Thekchen Choling, Tinmosgang and
3. Thubten Chaskorling, Skara Leh.

They sponsored education, basic medical aid, teaching materials and tuition fees. The Foundation sponsored facilities (quilts, mattresses, medicine) for Chatnangling Nunnery at Nyerma Thiksay and at the LNA hostel. Dzi Foundation also provided hats for the nuns at Tinmosgang, Thiksay, Leh and the Choglamasar hostel.

Lions Club

Siktpa and three nuns went to help at the Lions Club, where they acted as interpreters at the Dental and Vision camps to help school students within Leh. In this way, the Dzi Foundation gave nuns at LNA the opportunity to gain experience as volunteers to serve their communities.

In May and September 08 all the nuns from LNA had the opportunity to have consultations; sixty nuns came together for dental checkups and training in dental hygiene. Many nuns also had free optical checkups, and, where necessary, received glasses.
Dutch Foundation for Ladakhi Nuns (DFLN)

Aniek Jarrasval, from the Dutch Foundation for Ladakhi Nuns, and a regular visitor to and supporter of LNA, gave English lessons to the nuns as well as a one-day Community Building workshop for the nuns at Nyerma.

Kharu-Satbhavana Centre

LNA submitted an application for teaching aids and computers to the Kharu-Satbhavana Centre. The application was successful: four computers, four tables, one generator and fifteen benches and chairs will be provided.

All of the nuns had the opportunity to see the doctors at the Army Hospital at Kharu, and they were given treatments for all health problems identified.

Kay

an acupuncturist from Germany and one of the main sp onsors of Thardat Choling Nunneryat Rezong, requested a meeting with LNA to discuss future projects in the nunnery, management and related issues. He would like LNA to support the nuns and maintain a close network for the future.

Karola Kostial

Three nuns trained with Karola Kostial, a physiotherapist from Germany, who founded the NGO ‘Ladakh-Hilfe' (www.ladakh-hilfe.de)to assist children with disabilities. The nuns will work as volunteers from November. This is part of LNA's role in assisting nuns to become active social workers.