ll Together Now International

NEWSLETTER

May, 2000

Website: www.alltogether.org

You Can Make a Difference, But Together We Can Make a Change

New Boy Coming to the USA for Spinal Surgery
Lea Wyler and Akong Rinpoche were visiting Rokpa sponsored charitable projects in Tibet last year when they came upon a boy in a poor village in Eastern Tibet who is suffering from a debilitating spinal problem. We work closely with Rokpa and it is upon their request and due to the hopelessness and poverty of this boys situation that we agreed to bring Jingme Wangsel to the USA for life-saving surgery. But, as always, we need your contributions to make this possible -- any donation will help.

Lea Wyler of Rokpa to Visit Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado June 8
Lea Wyler is one of the founders of Rokpa International, one of All Together
Now International partners in charitable work. Lea will present a talk and
video of her 20 years of experience as a charity worker in Tibet and Nepal.
She will share the stories of numerous projects that have changed the lives
of children, beggars, women and the needy: the Rokpa soup kitchen; medical
clinic; and women's workshop for the destitute in Boudinath, Nepal as well as
the new Rokpa Village where homeless people learn skills for
self-sufficiency. The evening offers options for getting involved with
various projects in Nepal and Tibet.

Lea Wyler is a inspiring individual and we cannot recommend this event highly
enough -- please join us and bring all of your friends!!

Date: June 8 ...........Time: 7-9 pm.............$10/$5 students/seniors

Location: Naropa University, Paramita Campus Room 106 , located at 3285 30th
St between Glenwood and Iris in Boulder

For more information: 1-800-603-3117 or on the internet at: www.naropa.edu/conted

Nima To Return to Tibet after Successful Surgery

For those who have been following Nima Dondrup's story, he had surgery Dec
20, 1999 to remove the rods placed in his back last year to stabilze his
spine. He is doing just fine after the surgery and has fully recovered. He is
expecting to return to Eastern Tibet in June accompanied by ATNI volunteer
Harry Boling. Jeff and Jackie Jung and their family have been hosting Nima
during his stay in the USA and report that he will be part of the
commencement ceromonies at his high school prior to leaving. They will host a
party to wish Nima farewell and to give Nima a chance to say farewell to all
those who have helped him. We will need donations to fly Nima back to Tibet
and to help him finish his education there.

Tibetan Girl Needs Your Help

Tsering Dolma is a Tibetan refugee from Dharmasala, India. She is suffering
from such a severe form of scoliosis that the doctors fear for her life.
Without major surgery, Tsering will not live much longer as her spine is
twisting, crushing her heart and lungs. This complicated surgery is not
available in India.

Due to the donations of many people, Tsering is now in the USA and staying
with a host family in Boulder, Colorado. She is very bright, but very shy as
she has suffered a great deal due to both the pain of her condition and the
cuultural stigma of her twisted body. During her wait for surgery, she has
been enrolled in school in Boulder and is doing extremely well.
Here in America she has had preliminary tests and xrays. Her first medical
treatment is scheduled on April 20, 2000 in Salt Lake City.

If you can, please help with your financial donations of any size.

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United Way

Did you know that when you give through the United Way you can designate
where your donation goes? Please remember ATNI when you fill out your United
Way card!

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Our Mission:

We support and create charitable programs designed to not only address
material needs, but to foster self-sufficiency, cooperation and community.

We support programs that:

~ enhance the health, education and welfare of children

~provide education, health care and economic support for impoverished women in underdeveloped countries

~provide health care to those who do not have access to such services, including bringing the most desperate cases to the USA for treatment

Our current focus is in Nepal, India and Tibet.

A letter from the director of the Children's Home

On 2057/01/01 BS (Corresponding to 13th April 2000) the first day of

this year all the children were taken to celebrate this special occasion.

Children woke up early in the morning and were busy dressing

themselves. At 8 o'clock we all went by bus to Godawari with the children

were singing and laughing. All children were so happy to go for the picnic.

At the spot we started preparing the breakfast for the children.The eggs were

boiled, bread was toasted and tea was prepared and at 10 o'clock all the

children had their breakfast. Then we had music and all the children started

dancing.

Then the children were given three hours to go around where ever they

wish to. Smaller children were taken care by one of the staff of

Children's Home, but the bigger children went in a group.

After arriving back to the picnic spot the children started telling what they

had seen. Some of the children visited a botanical garden, some had walked up

the to the mountain. They were talking and laughing among

themselves.

Lunch was ready and the children were served mutton, meatballs, mixed

vegetables and lentils.

The New Year Celebration ended up providing the children with happiness

and joy. It is our hope that the children will be as happy as this day

in rest of the days to come.

Thank you for your continued support,

Uttar Tamata, Director

A Letter from the Director of Rokpa

I was in the Soup Kitchen and a small girl came up to me, she said "I

remember you from last year"; very clever, very determined, the eleven year

old girl; Pabitra is her name. She came up to me and she told me that two

days before her father had died, he had cancer for many months. Her parents

have eight children and the mother apparently after the father died

distributed all the children somewhere, but she told Pabitra "Go to Mummy Lea

and ask her to take you" and the mother went to the village apparently to do

"Puja" for the father but we think that she may in fact not come back. And so

this girl was standing there with some plastic shoes which were torn and a

very thin dress for the cold winter air and a plastic bag full of the x-rays of her father, to prove that he really

had been sick and she was just determined that I have to take her.

Of course there was no choice and I sent someone to go verify everything,

the neighbours also confirmed the story and so I took her to my home. We

washed her and dressed her and within hours she was totally at home, playing

with the other girls, happy, very content in the company of ten other girls

who had been just like her, and knew so well what it was like to be

abandoned - they opened their arms and folded her in the warmth of their

love; it was just wonderful to see.

Lea Wyler, Director of Rokpa Nepal

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Thank you...

for your support of these worthy projects. Please send your tax deductible

donations :

All Together Now International

P. O. Box 7111

Boulder, CO 80306

303-652-3142

Email: AllToNow@aol.com

website: www.alltogether.org

All USA administration is underwritten - every dollar you send goes directly

to our projects.