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SEND A GIFT TO NEPAL

Is there a birthday, anniversary, special event or person that you would like to honour while benefiting the Himalayan children?  

Could you organize a fundraiser in your school or community to help the kids of Nepal?

Choose an item from this page and purchase it online at CanadaHelps.   

We will send a card to the recipient letting them know what they have purchased for the children.

              Flooded Soccer Pitch

Rainy season dumps tons of water on the playground.  A new school would have better drainage system if it we could move outside of the city.          Donations for Building Fund desperately needed!

ConcertCultural Music & Dance              $250

To preserve the culture of Himalayan peoples, the SMD kids learn traditional songs and dances of Nepal and Tibet. Performances for the local 
community benefit the children.  
In December 2010, 1000 people came!
Sanitation Fund                                             $300
Karma Samdup, former VP of SMD Branch School, 
requested cleaning equipment and supplies to teach the monks about sanitation.

Picnic and Pilrimage                                     
$350
SMD children live in a walled compound, 
rarely getting out.  A field trip to a holy site 
includes a picnic and bus rental.

Solar Batteries                                      $600
Nepal has up to 18 hours of power cuts daily 
in the dry season (9 months) and kids can't 
study. SMD needs batteries for the Library, 
Clinic, stairwells and kitchen. 
Nuns and monks need batteries, too.

Healthcare Fund one year                     
$6000
Supplies for SMD clinic, lab equipment, eye and dental care, hearing, vision, dental and 
hospitalization expenses for all the children 
and support staff. 

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Small Carpets for Bedrooms               $15
The school is unheated.  Temperatures go 
to 0C at night.  Locally-made carpets will 

keep kids' feet warm and prevent colds.

Running Shoes Kids play sports in       $20   bare feet, risking injury and hookworm infections.

Nutrition                                                  $35

     Broccoli for 200 people 
    Eggs for 200 people  

    Seven (7) Fruit Trees
    One Cooking Class to teach about   
               healthy nutrition

Supplies                                                    $35
  • New Robes for monk or nun (robes, underwear, socks, shoes)
  • Board Games   
  • Warm Socks 
  • Warm Underwear 
  • Sports Equipment 
  • Art Supplies
  • Small Stuffed Toys
Driving lessons                                     $100
At SMD only 4 people can drive. 
$100 can train one older student.

Sanitary Products for girls                  $140  

Internet service ONE month               $225   

Buy Books at Amazon
Libraries at both schools need books. The little monks have read every book in their library at the Branch School! 
Books from Amazon are the only thing that gets past  Customs. 
  


What you can take to SMD School
Headlamps, external hard disks, USB flash drives (memory sticks) 
Never need clothes (Nepal has everything except woolen socks and good warm under vests.)

NO CHILDREN'S CHEWABLE VITAMINS

Multivitamins (non-chewable, adult dose), BUFFERED vitamin C, iron tablets, wart medicine

Art supplies, masking tape, sidewalk chalk, BluTac, materials to repair library books

Solar flashlights and solar chargers for laptops  VOLTAGE IS 220
 Laptops

Karaoke disks - folk songs -  especially Tibetan disks

Electronic dictionaries to help students read English books more quickly. (It’s their 4th language.)

Earthquake gear: mylar blankets, Petzl headlamps, 50 feet of 1/2” nylon (not poly) rope, work gloves for rescue team, solar flashlights (torches), duct tape - any other survival gear

Dog care items for SMD's rescued street dogs: rawhide bones, brushes, collars, (they’re mid-sized dogs)
squeaky toys, biscuits

 ©Vajra Vidya Foundation Canada 2010-13

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