Ze Sheng & Dorjee Charity Home (Waka Orphanage) 泽生和多吉慈善之家

About the School

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:16:44 GMT

Objective:

The Ze Sheng and Dorjee Charity Home, also known as Waka Orphanage, was established in September 2004. Its objective is to take care of Tibetan orphans or children from poor single parent families and sponsor them to go to school. We put strong emphasis on learning of Tibetan culture, history and language. Children live together in the housing provided and attend the same school. We provide all things that are necessary for them to live and stay at school.

How it started:

The orphanage was founded by two Tibetans originally from the surrounding area, Dorjee and Sanji, with support from the local government. (During the time of their preparation for the orphanage, Sanji, one of the partners, died from stroke.) The orphanage in the Waka village was opened in September 2004 with 25 selected children. In 2006, Dorjee met Ze Sheng, who is originally from Guangdong province, and who practices Tibetan Buddhism. Ze Sheng has become closely involved with the orphanage, and his kindness and generosity allowed the orphanage to have a new kitchen and common room built in 2007. Now the orphanage bears both names, Ze Sheng and Dorjee.

School background:

The school is located at the Waka village at about 80 km northwest from Zhongdian, the capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province of China. The village is close to the Yunnan and Sichuan province border and locates on the Sichuan Province. Waka is a small village with only few hundred populations. There is only one primary school, Waka Central Primary school. All the children can have primary1 to primary6 education in that school. All the children live together in a dormitory provided by the school. The basic subjects that they will have are Tibetan language, Chinese language and Mathematics. If they want to go to the middle school, they would have to be sent away as there is no secondary school in Waka. The local government allows the charity home to use free for the school dormitory, water and electricity. The charity home has two Tibetan workers to look after the children and one part-time Tibetan teacher for the Tibetan tutorial class on weekends.

Student Background:

The children are from Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province (Kham, or Eastern part of Tibet). Currently we have 30 students: 12 orphans and 18 from very poor single parent families. The children are from 5 to 15 years old and are chosen from the poorest families in the Kham area with the help of a local government officer. Most of them never went to school before, and some went to school for very short time.

Contact Us

wakaorphanageschool@hotmail.com

我们的宗旨：

浲生与多吉慈善之家，也叫做瓦卡孤儿院, 成立於2004年9月。它的目的是資助藏區的孤兒或貧困單親家庭的小孩上學。我們很強調學生在藏族文化、歷史及語言上的學習。所有學生住在學校提供的宿舍內。我們為他們提供學習及生活的一切所需。

我们如何开始：

瓦卡孤儿院是由两位当地的藏族人—多吉和桑吉合力开办的，并得到当地政府的大力支持。不幸地，在孤儿院成立之前桑吉因为中风而去世。孤儿院在2004年9月于四川省甘孜藏族自治州得荣县的瓦卡村成立，当时有25个小孩。在2006年，多吉认识了一位广东人—郑浲生先生，他是一位佛教徒。自此郑先生一直很关心瓦卡孤儿院，不时探望及帮助孤儿院学生，并出资为孤儿院兴建新的厨房及休息间。故此孤儿院于2007年改名为浲生与多吉慈善之家以感谢郑先生的慷慨。

学校背景：

孤儿院位于云南省迪庆藏族自治州香格里拉县(旧为中甸)西北方80公里的瓦卡村。瓦卡村位于四川省境内但隔着金沙江与云南省的奔子栏县相邻。它是一条只有几百人的小村子，全村只有一间小学：瓦卡中心小学。学校提供一年级至六年级的教育。我们的学生都住在学校的宿舍内。在校内他们会学习藏文、中文及数学。

如果学生要上中学，他们必须离开瓦卡村因村子里没有中学。当地政府是大力支持瓦卡孤儿院，所以孤儿院的水、电开支及宿舍费用是由政府承担。现在孤儿院有两位工作人员负责照顾学生并且监督他们学习。

学生背景：

我们的学生都来自四川省甘孜藏族自治区康及得荣两个县。 2007年我们有30个学生：12个是孤儿，18个是单亲家庭的小孩。他们年龄由7岁至13岁。这些小孩是我们亲自去到当地从最穷困的家庭中挑选出来的。他们大部份从来没有上过学或只上过一两年便辍学。

联系我们

wakaorphanageschool@hotmail.com

Photo Album: Sunday on the Yantze River (November 2007)

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Sunday on the Yantze River (November 2007)

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Photo Album: July 2007

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July 2007

Dorjee, Ze Sheng and Olga

Photo Album: Childrens' Day 1 June

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Childrens' Day 1 June

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Photo Album: Zhondian to Diqing

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Zhondian to Diqing

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Photo Album: Waka Village

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Waka Guest House

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Photo Album: Tibetan Welcome (5 March 2007)

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Tibetan Welcome (5 March 2007)

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Photo Album: the School - spring 2007

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the School - spring 2007


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Photo Album: photos from 2004

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:28:41 GMT

photos from 2004

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