Kamzang Kids

Sponsored Kids
(School)

Singge is from Zanskar, Ladakh (the Indian Himalalya) and was our first sponsored child. Joel & I met him in 2001 in a remote village in
Zanskar and discovered his story. Joel brought him back to Leh, where I met them, and then Manali the next summer, a story in itelf.
His mother is blind and his father's family doesn't recognize him.
He is now 14 or 15, and goes to school in Manali at the Himalayan Buddhist School.
He was sponsored for school for many years by Sunish, a Tibet trekker, and looked after by his surrogage father Joel (who often takes him trekking
with his groups during the summer) &  Kim (who takes care of him sometimes in Leh and pays his school fees).

*** Joel recently died of a heart attack and Singge is devestated. Joel's friend Chuck, an Indian trekker, donated some
funds for Singge's school and Joel's family will now take care of his sponsorship.

Dawa Yangi, a Sherpani from Monjo, the Everst region, was formerly supported only by her jobless mother. She
is now going to school at a Hillary School in Khumjung. She's now in Class 10.
She is sponsored by Steve, an Everest trekker, and is doing well! I see her often.

Nuru Sherpa, the son of Lhakpa Dorji from Thame & Lhakpa Doma from Pangboche, is living in Kathmandu with his family.
He is sponsored by Jennelle, a Nepal & India trekker, and is one of the smarted kid in Kathmandu. At least we think so! He's going to be Kim's assistent in Kamzang
someday ... He's now in Class 8.

Phuru Diki Sherpa, from a poor family in Monjo village, the Everest region,
now at school in Kathmandu (pictured with some trekkers and her Aunt).
She is sponsored by Camilla & David, Everest trekkers.

*** Phura Diki is now entering Class 11, which in KTM is the +2 of Universitylevel. She is getting great grades in
school and wants to become a pilot, which is very expensive.
Anyone wanting to help her along this path is welcome to get in touch with Kim!

Nimalee Sherpa, Dawa Yangi's younger sister, now going to school in Namche Bazaar.
She is sponsored by Graeme & Laura, and has also been helped,
along with another Sherpa girl who is now sponsored for school in Kathmandu, by Jim W, an Everest trekker. She is doing great in school and I see
her often ...

Lhakpa Zangmu from Mende (see below) now has sponsors, Karen, Steve & Lindsay from our 2008 Arun Valley trek!
She is now going to school in Kathmandu, a great chance for her ...
The girls have also been helped out by many Everest trekkers, including Tom P, an Everest trekker.
I see Lhakpa Zangmu regularly, and she now speaks good English and is in Class 3. She's really blooming being in
Kathmandu, and is happy and healthy.

Jamie sponsors Lhakpa & Tsering, the two Sherpa sons of Gyelgen & Pemba, his housemates. They go to school in Kathmandu and are doing
great!

Santos Giri, our 'sherpa' Kiran's son, has a speaking/nerve problem.
He was sponsored for speech therapy in Kathmandu by Marian, an India trekker, who now sponsors Santos and Kiran's other
two children for school in Kathmandu.

Junar's daughter, Rachana, & son, Abinath, have been helped for their schooling in Kathmandu by Graham, a long time trekking friend.
He is also going to be helped by the father son team of Ron & Charlie, who came on Wild Everest (Dec) in 2009. Charlie raised some money
for the Kamzang Fund through school, and is now making a contribution. Thanks, Charlie!

Dorje is the daughter of Dolma, our good friend and the local 'amchi', or Tibetan doctor, of Purne in the Indian Himalaya
(Zanskar region). Joel had been sponsoring Dorje's schooling and now his good friend Alison will take over from Joel.
*** Alison will also sponsor Lhakpa Nuru from the Everest region's grandson, who Joel was also sponsoring for school.
Photo coming ...

Sponsored (Medical)

Jamphael had a cleft palatte operation in southern India. Pictured with his sister, Cherring Lhamo.
Jamphael is sponsored by Sunish, who also sponsors Singge & Don (an India trekker and friend).

Nyima Dikki from Samdo, who had post-partem depression for four years. We've provided her with medical help and medications with the help of a doctor on one of our Manaslu treks, and she is now out of the house, looking after the kids, working again and doing great. Clint Rogers, who has written a book about the region, contributed money to the family regularly.

Looking for Sponsors 

Lhakpa Zangmu Sherpa (right) and her cousins (left) in Mende, Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
Lhakpa Zangmu will now go to school in Kathmandu, but her cousins still
and live with her grandmother in Thame and the poor hamlet of Mende, Solu Khumbu.
Her cousins are now in need of sponsors!

Our Samdo Kids (see Samdo Fund), the Tibetan children of Nyima Diki & Tsewang Gyurme in the village of Samdo, Manaslu region, Nepal.
Nyima Diki had post-partem depression for 4 years,
and the couple spend all of their meager savings trying to discover what was wrong with her (see above).
They live in a very poor Tibetan village a few hours from the border of Tibet. They really need sponsors for school in Kathmandu or
in the Manaslu region.

The Samdo kids a year earlier.
Clint R lived with the family for a year while doing resarch for a book on Samdo and helps them out regularly but his contributions aren't
enough to send them to a good school. This family has very little, and really need help.

Our Papaya family in Kathmandu. The parents sell papaya on the streets near the former royal palace, and all the kids have now leflt
school as their parents can't afford to send them anymore. Pictured are the oldest son, 19, and his wife, 16. The other two girls are 16 and 14, and
their son the youngest. They've been helped recenly by Russ, an Everest trekker, but really need school sponsorship for the younger children.
The are a wonderful family ...

The two other daughters on either side of Mom...

Nima, our yak driver from Dolpo's son on the far left. We are looking for a sponsor to send him to school in Kathmandu.
He's incredibly bright and a great kid ...

Nima from Ringmo, Dolpo's other son, the younger one. We're also looking for someone to sponsor his education in
Kathmandu.

Who's seen the movie 'Himalya', filmed in Dolpo? This is chief Thinle's grandson, who now lives in Saldang (see Saldang Fund). Even though
his father was the star of the movie, the family still lives extremely simply in Dolpo without the money to send the grandkids to school
in Kathmandu.

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