Thank you to Eileen Parker and Mary Lou Greenwood and everyone from their group
in London, Ontario, for making Shirley Blair's presentation a rousing success.
She presented slides at the Church of St. Jude and at London Hunt and Country Club

They raised over $7200 for Vajra Vidya Foundation.

The event was to support the effort to train graduates of SMD Boarding School to get teacher-training
and then to return to their remote villages to set up and operate schools.  
VAJRA VIDYA FOUNDATION  has...
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SHREE MANGAL DVIP SCHOOL DIRECTOR, Shirley Blair, will be coming to the Thrangu Monastery in Richmond, BC. Come hear her speak about the school, its challenges and successes.
Meet two Simon Fraser University students who graduated from SMD.
Visit with monks who were former students.
Sunday, February 6, 2011   at 1:30pm
Contact Rabjor Dawa at the monastery for more information. rabjor@thrangumonastery.org
Or Lori Goldman   at  vvfcanada@yahoo.ca

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KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The Australian production company, The Style Group, is in the capital to launch “‘sPlat” – an Australian children’s musical. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Australia, the musical production is touring the country with the collaborative efforts of The Style Group and Shree Mangal Dvip (SMD) Boarding School in Boudha, Kathmandu.

The musical play called “‘sPlat” is the brainchild of Australian husband a...
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Power cut up by one hour    
REPUBLICA
KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has decided to increase load-shedding by one hour with effect from Sunday.
There will be 12 hours of power cut every day from Sunday onward.
According to the Load Dispatch Center (LDC) of the NEA, the load-shedding time has been increased as water levels in most of the rivers have gone down.
According to Chiranjivi Sharma, chief of the LDC, power demand in the country stands at 940 MW, which is almost...
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Shirley Blair, director of SMD Boarding School in Kathmandu, will be in London, Ontario, on Wednesday, January 26.  After that she goes to Halifax, NS, for a presentation at the Shambhala Centre on Sunday, January 30 and then will be at Thrangu Monastery in Richmond, BC, on February 6. Shirley has lived in Nepal for 14 years overseeing the improvements at SMD in academics, health and safety, and technology. She oversaw the creation of the Namo Buddha Branch School to provide education to the ...
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