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Sponsorship Programs

Shechen Monastery in Nepal needs your support for the growing number of monks who are coming to study and practice. The monastery provides for the monks’ complete education in addition to covering all expenses for food, shelter, clothing and medical care. These sponsorship programs have been in effect for thirty years and provide partial support for over 800  monks and nuns. Please join us.

Children Fund

In the Shechen School 180 children receive a traditional education with a modern curriculum at the Shechen School. The school goes from kindergarten until 10th Grade (will soon go to 12th Grade). The students will receive a government high school certificate once they finish their studies. There are women, lay people, and monastic teachers covering subjects ranging from English to computers to Tibetan reading and writing.

Nuns Fund

Shechen Orgyen Chodzong Nunnery in Bhutan provides a similar training and education for women, including a nine-year shedra or college training. One hundred and eighty nuns live, practice meditation, and are educated in two rural nunneries and a retreat center. The young girls, ages 5-14, live and are educated in a smaller nunnery in the Valley of the Cranes. 

Your tax-deductible annual contribution of only $250 goes towards the support of a young monk or a nun and also helps to sustain the community as a whole.

This is a rare opportunity to help young people inherit the richness of their own culture and to preserve a vital link for future generations.

Click Donate to sponsor a monk or nun annually either through a one-time or monthly recurring donation. Please indicate if you are prefer to sponsor a nun or a monk,

DONATE

By Check:

Print out the CONTRIBUTION FORM, fill it out, and mail it to the address on the form with a check payable to Dilgo Khyentse Fellowship.

By Bank Transfer:

For information on how to send bank transfers or wire please contact shechen@sprynet.com  Thank you.