Sponsorship for Excellence is currently looking for sponsors to help these gifted young Tibetans. Please take the time to read their profiles and click on the links to find out how you can help.

Dawa Dolma is an 18 year old girl from Tatopani, a village near the border with Tibet. There are 11 members in her family. Her father died two years ago. Dawa started SMDvip school in 1995 but due to her rapid progress skipped two classes and has now finished her studies. At the moment Dawa helps in the school office and there are plans of sending her to a Red Cross United World College (again to the Norwegian branch in Flekke where Tsewang Bhuti, another of our past candidates, is already studying) in August 2005 if a scholarship can be secured for her. Help Dawa

Tenzin Gyaltsen is a recent refugee from Kham, eastern Tibet. Tenzin's exact age is not known but he must be around 9/10 years old. The family never seemed to have had any proper records of his birth and were vague about the date. His school number is B415 'a'. Tenzin is a quiet boy, he likes to study English and play on a swing and the slide. He is a bit withdrawn, probably due to the circumstances of his earlier life in Tibet and the subsequent traumas of the escape over the Himalayas. He is a boarder in the SMDvip school in Boudha, Nepal. Help Tenzin

Yeshe Sangmo is an 8-year old girl, of Tibetan stock, born in Nepal. She is the youngest of the family of five. Her elder brother is ill, one of her sisters is married and the other one is studying. The parents run an orphanage but they are very hard up. Yeshe is a very cute and clever girl, quite articulate, English is her strongest subject, She is also very good at badminton, a popular sport in schools in Nepal. Yeshe is in Class V in Manjughoksha Academy in Kumarigal, suburbs of Kathmandu, Nepal. Help Yeshe

Tenzin Nyima is an 8-year old Tibetan girl studying in grade 3 in Manasarovar Academy in Boudha, Nepal. She is a resolute, robust and clever girl, doing very well in her studies. She is also quite an active girl, enjoying skipping, badminton and is very good at dancing. She learns Nepali, Tibetan and English and is quite proficient in all three. Clearly, a linguistic talent and a great potential. She can go far given the right circumstances. Help Tenzin

Pasang Lhamo is a 12-yr old girl from a very small high altitude village in Himalayas. She is second of 10 children, four of her siblings died. Her father is ill and cannot work, her mother is a subsistence farmer. Now Pasang is in SMDvip school in Kathmandu, Nepal. She was taken in by the school as she had absolutely no prospects of getting any education in her local village. Pasang is a sweet, affectionate girl but also extremely shy. As she is growing up she is turning into a very pretty young lady. She has been placed in a Special Opportunity Class to help her overcome years of neglect and total lack of education until the age of 9. She is making an excellent progress and is getting top marks. Help Pasang

Kalsang Dekyi is a 9-yr old girl from Mustang area of Nepal, bordering on Tibet and ethnically totally Tibetan. It is a remote, high altitude, barren desert and the life is extremely harsh over there. The parents sent all four children to a boarding school in Kathmandu but the political crisis in the country prevents them from working their small farm permanently. They supplement their income by selling sweaters by the kerbside in Indian urban areas. They get sweaters on credit from manufacturing units in Ludhiana, Punjab, on payment of deposit. Their income is not sufficient to keep educating the children. Kalsang Dekyi is now in Class IV in the Manjughoksha Academy, a school located in Kumarigal, a suburb of Kathmandu, Nepal. She is a quiet, studious girl. Her talents lie in drawing and singing. Help Kalsang

Sonam Dhondup is an 8 year old Tibetan boy. He is studying in grade 3 of Manasarovar Academy, Boudha, Nepal. He is an intelligent and amicable boy, who enjoys reading story books and whose standard of English is surprisingly high for his age. He is a keen cricketer and footballer, displaying a competitive edge! He also likes dancing. He says that in the future he would like to be a teacher. Help Sonam

Sponsorship for Excellence has so far funded the education of 13 young Tibetans in Nepal, to find out more go the Results section.