The Lumla Bodong Nunnery/Home for Girls is a shelter, ensuring that young girls have a safe home with daily meals and a place to sleep. The facility was built in 2014, in an effort to offer a sustainable solution for girls living in remote areas to be able to attend the government school in Lumla village. The Government Residential School of Melonghar, New Lumla, provides them with a state recognised academic curriculum at primary and secondary school level. Tara Bodong's collaboration with the Government Residential School allows us to accommodate as many deserving girls as possible at our facility. We work closely with the teachers at the School who are also members of our local Tara Bodong committee. They provide local supervision and day to day guidance to our two house-mothers who live with the girls and provide for their daily care. 

 

At the Lumla Bodong Nunnery/ Home for Girls, the girls receive remedial teaching and lessons in arts and craft, and physical hygiene. There are dormitories, a classroom, kitchen and living area. There is also a small vegetable garden and a chicken run. The facility is currently home to 21 girls. Each girl is a individually sponsored, and the cost of maintenance and utilities is met through fund raising activities organised by the Tara Bodong Foundation throughout the year. 

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“Our goal is to create opportunities for girls by providing modern education in the Lumla area. Students should feel a strong commitment to serve their communities. The aim is to become resourceful women in their own locality - as teachers, social and health care workers and mentors. By being taught in the Bodong Tradition of Buddhism, which is a traditional practice in the area, they girls will help to revitalise their religious and cultural heritage.”  - Siri Weirum - co-founder, Tara Bodong.