Welcome Home Kailash Kids!

We’re thrilled to introduce you to our newest class of Kailash Kids! Sonam Choedon Gurung (10), Fudeme Bhote (7), and Diki Khando Lama (6) recently arrived at Kailash Home and are settling into their new routine and schools. It is a bittersweet season for us every year as we celebrate our graduating seniors and also welcome some fresh new faces to campus. It will be exciting to watch these students grow and thrive over the coming years, and before too long, we’ll be celebrating their graduations too.

Read on to meet these newest #KailashKids!

Fudeme Bhote, who just turned 7 years old on April 26th, is from the Bhotkhola rural municipality in the Sankhuwasabha district near the border of Tibet. Her father and mother are farmers in their village. She has two younger sisters, aged 3 and 1 year old. Fudeme has never had the opportunity to go to school; in her village, many girls are married at a young age due to a high illiteracy rate and poor economic condition. At Kailash Home, Fudeme will have access to the education that will help her break this cycle! 

Diki Khando Lama is 6 years old. She was born on July 27, 2017 in the Karnali province, in the Dolpo district of Nepal. Her parents’ main source of income for the family is cattle-rearing and agriculture. Diki has both a younger and an older sister who still live with the family in their home village. Diki comes to Kailash with a basic knowledge of alphabets in English, Tibetan, and Nepali and is joining other Kailash Kids at Manasarovar Academy this month.

Sonam Choedon Gurung is 10 years old and from the Dolpo buddha rural municipality. She was born on January 27th and will join some of our other Kailash Kids at Manasarovar Academy. Sonam’s parents are separated, and her mother works as a general helper at a monastery. We are looking forward to seeing Sonam blossom here at Kailash.