DECHEN ANGMO
KUKSHOW (KARGIL DISTRICT)
Dechen Angmo came from Kukshow, one of the most backward and isolated villages in Kargil district of Ladakh. Half of the population is Buddhist and the other half is Muslim. To this day, Kukshow has no access roads or electricity. There is still much that needs to be done for the development of this area. There is only one government school, and education is given extremely low priority.
Dechen joined MIMC in the year 1992, at the tender age of 5 years old. She is among the 25 girls who make up the first batch of students in MIMC. She came from a very poor family, and in this remote region in Ladakh, girls are neglected and most end up staying in the house to do household chores. Her father was a farmer, while her mother takes care of the household. She has an elder brother who is married and has a family of his own, and a younger sister who is studying in the government school. In MIMC, Dechen was given the opportunity to learn different skills. She excelled in her studies, and was chosen as the most deserving child to pursue higher education. Through full sponsorship from MIMC, she studied and graduated from Bangalore University with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc). She studied Math, Physics, Computer Science, English and Hindi.
Dechen aspires to further her studies in Malaysia, and intends to make full use of her knowledge and skills to contribute to MIMC. She wants to use her capabilities to help MIMC to uplift the standards of education and give opportunity to more poor Ladakhi people a chance for education, social change, and development.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Story of Tashi
TASHI YANGZOM
ZANSKAR
Tashi Yangzom hails from Zanskar, one of the most remote and inaccessible villages in Ladakh. Zanskar is counted as one of the most backward villages of Ladakh with no proper facilities like road, electricity, health centre, and the people do not have access to proper nutrition. It remains cut off from the rest of Ladakh during winter due to heavy snowfall and the roads remain blocked the whole winter. The only mode of transportation left is the chaddar road which permits the people to track on the ice, and reach for the isolated place, which is definitely not a safe walk back home. Since it is one of the underdeveloped villages, we find very few educated people from this region.
Tashi Yangzom comes from a poor family, supported by her father, one elder and one younger brother. Both of them are still studying. Her mother died when she was just a toddler. Since then her father has been the sole bread-winner, taking care of the family.
From the year 1992, Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC) has been actively engaged in helping the masses. MIMC started the foundation for the girls’ hostel and has been taking in students and taking care of them by providing modern education along with all other necessities. Word of MIMC’s work reached Zanskar, and Tashi applied and was selected to reside and study in the school. She has been selected, taking into account her devastated family life just after her mother's death. Since then she has been in MIMC and is one of the 25 girls in the first batch of students.
Tashi had since completed her secondary schooling from Mahabodhi Residential School and was one of the best students of the class. She is known by her classmates and teachers to be dedicated, diligent, and obliging. She was then sent to Bangalore, one of the modern cities in India by MIMC to further her studies, where she completed her degree course in life-sciences. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree. She has excelled academically, and is a dedicated student with an altruistic heart. Tashi is now actively involved in helping MIMC through whatever ways she can. She aspires to render her services and as she aptly puts it, “to help Mahabodhi Society for the uplifting of education and betterment of society”.
ZANSKAR
Tashi Yangzom hails from Zanskar, one of the most remote and inaccessible villages in Ladakh. Zanskar is counted as one of the most backward villages of Ladakh with no proper facilities like road, electricity, health centre, and the people do not have access to proper nutrition. It remains cut off from the rest of Ladakh during winter due to heavy snowfall and the roads remain blocked the whole winter. The only mode of transportation left is the chaddar road which permits the people to track on the ice, and reach for the isolated place, which is definitely not a safe walk back home. Since it is one of the underdeveloped villages, we find very few educated people from this region.
Tashi Yangzom comes from a poor family, supported by her father, one elder and one younger brother. Both of them are still studying. Her mother died when she was just a toddler. Since then her father has been the sole bread-winner, taking care of the family.
From the year 1992, Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC) has been actively engaged in helping the masses. MIMC started the foundation for the girls’ hostel and has been taking in students and taking care of them by providing modern education along with all other necessities. Word of MIMC’s work reached Zanskar, and Tashi applied and was selected to reside and study in the school. She has been selected, taking into account her devastated family life just after her mother's death. Since then she has been in MIMC and is one of the 25 girls in the first batch of students.
Tashi had since completed her secondary schooling from Mahabodhi Residential School and was one of the best students of the class. She is known by her classmates and teachers to be dedicated, diligent, and obliging. She was then sent to Bangalore, one of the modern cities in India by MIMC to further her studies, where she completed her degree course in life-sciences. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree. She has excelled academically, and is a dedicated student with an altruistic heart. Tashi is now actively involved in helping MIMC through whatever ways she can. She aspires to render her services and as she aptly puts it, “to help Mahabodhi Society for the uplifting of education and betterment of society”.
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