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Kargyak is an isolated village situated in the Indian Himalayas in the altitude of 4200 m above sea level and it is one of the last places where the original Tibetan culture still survives. Until recently, there was no school in the village and the children had no other chance but either to leave for distant boarding schools or never to learn to read and write.
In September 2009 the Surya Civic Association finished construction of the specially designed “passive” school-building which is heated by sun, works fully ecologically and it’s appearance is also in accordance with local structures.
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July is now almost over - 2010-07-27
July is now almost over and we have had scarcely a summer day so far, but when a nice sunny day does come, we do our best to enjoy it to the fullest. Especially the kindergarten kids spend most of such days outside, enjoying their favourite activity, that is building waterways and other spectacles in front of the school. We build new tiny rivers, regulate the existing ones, and, most importantly, build dams, which then serve as a great place to wade through happily. The children in kindergarten must have been born civil engineers, they work without hesitation, reminding one of beavers, and in the end mud + water always = fun. Two very able volunteers have now joined us (Alexandra and Petr), we started with an overall cleanup and a series of repair works and alterations in and around the school. Thanks to the presence of the volunteers we have also been able to run extra English and Maths classes in the afternoon, with more demanding material for more advanced pupils and extra help classes for those who need more time and attention, but we also added arts and music classes.
Celebration of H.H. the Dalai Lama’s birthday on 6th July 2010 - 2010-07-11
It was a very colorful day for the children, teachers and parents of the Sun School for Kargyak. Children were wearing traditional Zanskari dress gonche. Everyone came to school with a handful of flowers. It was nice to see these flowers placed in front of the photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. A new blue-colored scarf was hung to highlight the photo. Long live the Dalai Lama – that was the wish of all who gathered for the event. In the morning, several monks from the Phugtal monastery came up the hill with the villagers of Kargyak and performed rituals to please the guardian spirits of Buddhist mythology and to pray for world peace and for a long and healthy life for the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetans, the Dalai Lama.
Teachers report - 2010-07-08
1.05.2010- 31.06.2010, Date of reporting: 31.06.2010 Subject Teacher: Penpa Subject: Math and Bhodhik
Washing Day - 2010-07-08
Finally it stopped snowing and the spring is here! It was Saturday 19th of June and at Sun School we announced “Washing Day”. Children had an opportunity to wash their hair instead of sitting through the last lesson. The chidlren's usual morning hygiene consists of brushing their teeth and washing their hands. I introduced obligatory hand washing after tooth brushing last week because the children have very dirty hands.
SCHOOL PICNIC REPORT - 2010-06-15
DATED:11th JUNE 2010. BY: TENYIN YIGA. Like last year, this year also students were taken for a school picnic. but this year kids were taken for picnic near the sacred mountain called the gonporangjung which the locals believed that there on the mountain they can see an image of the future buddha.
