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Following the success of the first school and clinic in Ghunsa, Cherie Bremer-Kamp returned to Nepal in 1994 to organize the construction of another school in Folay, a Tibetan refugee settlement an hour’s walk from the first school.
While the Ghunsa School was integrated into the Nepali education system, the Folay School is for Tibetan children in exile, to ensure that their exile in Nepal did not mean total alienation from Tibetan culture and education. With financial assistance from The Tibet Fund and once again, the American Himalayan Foundation, the construction of an eight room school house, health clinic and out-houses were completed.
The Dalai Lama’s Tibetan government-in-exile and their Nepali funding arm, the Snow Lion Foundation, the Folay School has been able to provide Tibetan and English language instruction for children in the region. Salaries for instructors are paid by the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Accommodation is included for boarding children from outlying areas, enabling the school to cater to over 22 students, and importantly helping consolidate the Tibetan identity in the area. A widely held belief amongst Tibetans is that main-streaming their children into the Nepal school system will have a detrimental effect on the belief systems and values of the Tibetan culture. To help preserve their Tibetan culture, and provide historical text books for the school, a current KSP project involves publishing stories told by the Tibetan elders, before they are lost to new generations.
Although newer than the clinic in Ghunsa, the Folay health clinic also provides medicine and treatment for Folay residents. A local “barefoot doctor” receives continuing training to help in the diagnosis of health problems, proper treatment, and preventative care.
In the future, this clinic will work closely with the Ghunsa clinic and strengthen their ties to the regional health post in Lungtung, several days walk from Folay. This will help both KSP clinics serve their communities better, in areas such as childhood vaccination programs, and access to birth control. A current program to provide solar powered refrigerators is also a high priority, as these greatly assist the logistical problems of keeping the freshly thawed vaccines cold enough to remain effective until administered.
Donors for the Folay School and Health Clinic include:
Special Thanks to the exceptional generosity of individual donors; Frances A McArthur $10,000 Charlotte Williamson $3,000 Barbara Warner $2,500 Nancy Ascher $1,000
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