Tibetan Nuns Project Seeks to Provide Media Equipment to Dolma Ling Nunnery

The Tibetan Nuns Project (TNP), a U.S.-registered charity based in Seattle and the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India, seeks to provide Buddhist nuns at Dolma Ling Nunnery and the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in North India with media materials for the classrooms, the nuns' media room, and the Tibetan Nuns Project office at Dolma Ling.

The TNP said two classroom projectors were needed at Dolma Ling, which would be shared by teachers, as the only existing projector no longer works properly.

“Projectors make learning more engaging and fun and allow teachers to teach in three ways: text, images and video,” TNP said in a statement. “Using a chalkboard or whiteboard can be time-consuming and labor-intensive. Projectors are simpler because teachers can create reusable presentations rather than spending time writing lessons on a chalkboard or whiteboard. If a point needs clarification, the teacher can easily return to that slide.”

Inaugurated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in 2005, Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute of Buddhist Dialectics is located in the Kangra Valley near Dharamsala in northern India. The nunnery was the first institute dedicated to higher Buddhist education for Tibetan Buddhist nuns of all traditions, and is fully funded by the TNP.

Some 250 nuns are fully engaged in study, practice and convent work at Dolma Ling, as well as organizing self-sufficiency projects, such as tofu making and handicraft production. In 2013, 10 of the Dolma Ling nuns made history by participating in the first year Geshema exams.*

The TNP also hopes to bring a new computer to the Dolma Ling media room, as well as a passport-sized printer, an Apple Magic Mouse and an Apple Magic Keyboard.

“The media room at Dolma Ling Nunnery is a powerful place where nuns can use their voice and creativity to share their news and stories,” TNP observed. “The nuns in the media room work on documentation, including photography, video recording and other media-related activities. However, they struggle to use an outdated computer.”

“It is becoming increasingly difficult to use one’s existing computer for modern media processing tasks. In order to ensure the continued smooth operation of the media room and to improve the quality of work, the nuns need your help to purchase a new computer equipped with better processing capabilities and software for media-related tasks.

The TNP said it also aims to provide the TNP Project Coordinator's office in India with two Apple Magic Mouse, one Apple Magic Keyboard and one MacBook laptop to ensure efficient workflow and project management, as well as a new desktop system to run accounting software.

The Tibetan Nuns Project provides education and humanitarian assistance to refugee nuns from Tibet and the Himalayan regions of India. Established under the auspices of the Tibetan Women’s Association and the Department of Religion and Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration, the TNP supports hundreds of nuns from all Tibetan Buddhist lineages and seven nunneries. Many of the nuns are refugees from Tibet, but the organization also extends to the Himalayan border regions of India, where women and girls have little access to formal education and religious training.

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* Dalai Lama awards historic Geshema degrees to 20 nuns and twenty Tibetan nuns make history by earning Geshema degree (BDG)

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