What we do
Education and Long-Distance Sponsorship
In the countries where ASIA operates, access to basic education remains a significant challenge. Extreme poverty and social complexity contribute to high illiteracy rates: in Nepal, 35% of the population is illiterate, with peaks of 41% in rural areas.
How we intervene
- Support for schools: we intervene with renovations, supply of equipment, and construction of school buildings, sanitation facilities, and water systems.
- Construction of boarding schools: we build schools in remote areas to guarantee access to education even in the most isolated zones.
- Renovation of Buddhist study and practice colleges: we intervene to improve living conditions in the colleges of the different Tibetan Buddhist traditions.
- Teacher training: we organize courses on teaching methodologies, information technology, English, and hygiene.
- Promotion of local traditions: we encourage educational systems that respect the cultural identities and the language of the communities.
Long-Distance Sponsorship
A pillar of our action is the Long-Distance Sponsorship program, which allows us to guarantee educational continuity and support for schools, monasteries, monastic colleges, and retirement homes in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. Thanks to the contribution of supporters, we provide children, youth, the elderly, monks, and nuns with dignified living conditions and an education that respects their cultural identities.
A commitment that crosses borders
- India: since 1994, we have begun supporting Tibetan schools and retirement homes for elderly Tibetans.
- Nepal: since 1996, we have supported the Tibetan refugee community – schools and monasteries – and since 2015, Nepalese schools located in rural and remote areas.
- Tibet: from 2001 to 2021, we promoted education through long-distance sponsorship for boys, girls, monks, and nuns in the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and the Tibetan Autonomous Region, in China.
- Bhutan: in 2020, we began long-distance sponsorship in a monastery and currently the project is active in a school of Buddhist culture.
Since its beginning to the present day, 7,499 people have benefited from long-distance sponsorship.
We firmly believe that education is a fundamental right and we are committed to guaranteeing a quality education for all, with particular attention to the most vulnerable and marginalized children.
In this sector, we contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 1 (No Poverty), 3 (Good Health and Well-being), and 4 (Quality Education).
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