1. The Manjushri Educational Project
Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche i has witnessed that there are many desperately poor families
living near his
monastery in
Nepal who
have no means
of improving
their life
circumstances;
they are of the
lowest caste,
ignored and
shunned by
most people
and have little
to eat, no
education and
suffer terribly.
Khen Rinpoche
believes that
the best way
for them to improve their own lives is through education and so he has started to provide
education to 20 young Nepali children. He has named the program The Manjushri Educational
Project and his intention is to sponsor their full educational path over the course of the next 10
years. He has already admitted and is sponsoring the tuition for 20 small children from the class
1 to 4 to the one of the best schools in Parphing, Nepal (Cardinal International Boarding High
School). As the project grows he will gradually provide for more students to attend school.
Khen Rinpoche has also provided them with school supplies, bags and uniforms, as well as bus
transportation to and from their homes about a 2 km ride. Now, these poor children are happily
attending Cardinal International High school 6 days per week and are beginning to receive a
good quality education. Rinpoche remarked that even after just the first week of school, eating
healthy food and engaging enthusiastically with their teachers their faces were beaming and
their outlook on life was uplifted. Khen Rinpoche sends his thanks and appreciation to the initial
sponsors who helped get the project started and wrote that "this is happening due to your
kindness and moral support."

2. Lama Chonam Wazi, one of the Board members, recently visited and gave an introductory
speech welcoming the students and sharing with them, their teachers, families and friends the
purpose and scope of the Manjushri Educational Project.
Please consider this request and try your best to support these benevolent activities to help
people that no one helps. Since this project aims to provide a full course of education to these
deserving young children, please try to have a long term view and make a long term
commitment of support. Khen Rinpoche is
extremely precise and careful with all the
donations so you can be confident that every
dollar raised will be dedicated according to
your aspiration and for the benefit of others.
The cost per child is $365 / year -- $1 / day.
Here is an itemized list of the cost of a child for
one year in Nepali Rupees (due to fluctuations
in the exchange rate we use 80 rupees / US
dollar. Sometimes it is less and sometimes
more). About Total : 29,200 rupees per year.
Please note that medical expenses are not included and all official receipts from the foundation
will be issued in Nepali rupees (please allow 6 weeks for postage of receipts).
We will revise the costs annually as they rise over the next decade:
unit cost in frequency Annual cost in
Purpose
rupees per year rupees
Tuition fee 1300 12 15,600
Transport fee 300 12 3,600
Computer fee 125 12 1,500
Uniform 2300 2 4,600
School Stationeries 1385 2 2,770
Exam Fee 275 4 1,100
Total 29,170

3. Children of the Manjushri Educational Project (2012)
Ashmita Ramtel Binita Ramtel
Jyoti Ramtel
Man Mohan Tamang Rajkumar Sunar
Srijal Ramtel
Pranish Rokka Rajeev Purkuti Saroj Ramtel
Abhishek Ramtel Ashma Ramtel Rajan Ramtel

4. Roshan Shrestha Aakriti Shrestha Ajay Kapali
NOTE: We will recruit more
children into the Manjushri Education
Project when more funds are
available. We believe in equal chance
for all children and will update this list
once we recruit more children.
Prashanti Ramtel
i
Khenchen Namdrol Rinpoche lives most of the year at the Nyingma Palyul Retreat Center located near
Yangleshod, Pharping, Nepal. He is one of the most respected Khenpos of the Nyingma tradition. Rinpoche is a
retreat master, teacher and above all a practitioner who inspires students world-wide with his intense devotion to
the Dharma and the preservation and propagation of the Nyingma tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Website: http://knamdrol.org/ManjushriEducationalProject.html
Map & Address: http://wikimapia.org/12635370/Nyingma-Palyul-Retreat-Center
PayPal donation is also available from the website.