Dunai Boarding School

When we arrived in Dunai at the end of the trip, I was very fortunate to be able to spend time at the Dunai Boarding School. I met four young girls—three in grade 8 and one in grade 10—who came from very poor families in Upper Dolpo. The number of yaks that a family owns is their wealth. Each of these families only owned three yaks. The girls wanted to finish secondary school but are in need of continued scholarship aid. It costs $500 a year to attend this Boarding School, which by our standards is nothing. Their ambitions to become a teacher, a nurse, a traditional healer, and a Park Warden are in jeopardy, so what a wonderful opportunity for World Women Work to be able to help these four young women realize their goals. It makes me very happy that I can give back to such a beautiful place that not many people have ever seen and hopefully be a contributor to saving a way of life – simplicity and being a part of nature not found often in the global world of today.