Compassion Education

Free Education for young children in upper Tsum

We offer Preschool/Kindergarten for young children. Our early education program serves children from the villages of Lamagaun, Burgi, and beyond. We provide play-based learning and pre-literacy. The kids are learning things like sharing, manners, and community building.

Our program began as a pilot project in 2019 and met with great success. Our student population fluctuates between 10-20 approximately, and parent feedback is positive.

Thanks to your support, we have a hot lunch program where kids are provided with a nutritious meal at mid-day.

Where is the Kindergarten?
Classes are held in a room next to our Compassion Health Centre. As time goes by, the area is beginning to feel like a rich community gathering place. People from nearby villages can come to one place to:

Obtain free medical help at the Compassion Health Center and
Obtain free education for young children. All within a traditionally styled Tibetan Buddhist monastery building.

This Kindergarten has been created based on the needs of Tsum villagers and their advice. As always, we approach this project from the local level, through the local people. It's so important to us.

Thank you for your support!

School Teacher Muna — Past school Teacher Muna

Community meeting - mother offering a khata in thanks

What Parents Have told Us

“It's expensive to send our children to boarding school outside of Tsum.”
“We worry about sending our children to Kathmandu for schooling.”
“We want our children to stay home with us so we can have a relationship. We want them to keep their mountain culture.”
“Many charities start projects but they don’t stay longterm.”
"We worry about them when they are young because they will be far away, and then we worry that they won't come back when they are older."

— Compassion Education Parents