Education For The Forgotten Children Of The Himalayas

The eminent Tibetan lama, Thrangu Rinpoche founded SMD Boarding School to serve the needs of children from remote hamlets on the Nepal - Tibet border where villagers eke out a living as subsistence farmers and semi-nomadic yak herders. It's a hardscrabble, hungry life...many children don't survive to see their 5th birthday.
Of Tibetan origin but born on the Nepal side of the mountains, they are an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority totally neglected by their own government. Thrangu Rinpoche opened SMD Boarding School to address their needs. He aims to help preserve their language, culture and Buddhist way of life and to give Himalayan children the tools to build a brighter future so they can help themselves and their own people when they grow up. SMD is wholly supported by overseas sponsors.
The songs in this video were written and recorded by "Peace Mantra", a group SMD students. Bring Back Peace was recorded at the end of Nepal's civil war.

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[angelaabsher]

Fabulous! Angela