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aa-pa ma-jayn ji-tok ji-ge ma-rad: Kunga Lama, School and Dolpo #education #struggles #dolpo

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Continued from the previous blog piece:  http://dolporises.blogspot.com/2016/05/aalay-may-nay-dhayn-day-ka-lay-kha-reyd.html The villagers came together to form Dolpo Locals Help Association ( http://www.tenzinnorbu.com/projects.php ) while succeeding to raise NPR 5000 each by both Kunga and Norbhu and NPR 20,000 by Anne Lelong. The association was formed in Tinje VDC for the management of the school, ‘Shree Siddhartha Kula Primary School’. Kula denoted the local pilgrim site.                                                                  Pic: Tenzin Norbhu and Kunga Lama Before the official formation of the association, they also faced the technical difficulties. To make a code of conduct (Bidhan), they had to pay NPR 5000. Kunga busted into laughter when he told me that what he collected was instantly invested for the ‘Bidhan’. Obviously it would have been surprising for him to see the hard earned money used for that piece of paper. Before 15 years, he clearly sai