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This pictures were taken by our faculty advisor Prof. Joel Smith on a 1999 trip to Ladakh with our then SFT President. Ladakh is a traditional Tibetan area in the Indian state of Kashmir. Most of our fundraising efforts have gone to support projects and people in the village of Lingshed.

01 landscape 02 landscape2 03 lingshed2
Walking into Lingshed Walking into Lingshed The village of Lingshed
04 lingshed 05 geshe 06 geshe_woman
Lingshed Geshe-la speaking at Skidmore Geshe-la in Lingshed
07 manpray 08 books 09 square
Man praying The scriptures Nuns debating
10 nun 11 debate 12 nuns
A nun Nun in debate The nun on the left had an eye operation with money we gave her
13 carryinglogs 14 bricks 15 nunnery
Carrying in logs for the nunnery Building the nunery The completed nunnery
16 nunnery_window 17 community 18 nunnery2
The windows have double paned glass to retain heat in the winter The community at the new nunnery The community at the new nunnery