Drikung Kagyu Monastic School • Tso Pema, India
Room to learn.
A safe place to grow.
Help build weather-safe accommodation and dedicated classrooms for the school’s 54 resident monk students at Wogmin Thupten Shedrup Ling Monastery.
Combined Phase 1A & 1B campaign
Phase 1 goal: INR 1,27,40,464
Approximately USD 134,000
For the new dormitory and ground-floor classroom renovation.
The full construction budget for Phase 1A and Phase 1B.Funds received
INR 26,88,938
Funds received: INR 26,88,938 (USD 28,350), confirmed on 25 October 2026.
Construction update
Construction has begun. Help us complete Phase 1.
Work on the new dormitory began on 28 August 2026. The brick walls are up and the ceiling is being prepared. Every gift goes to Phase 1: the new dormitory and the ground-floor classrooms for the school’s 54 students.
Winter at Tso Pema. From December to February, days are cool, nights are cold, and cold spells can bring freezing temperatures. For the students, this means cold nights in dormitories already damaged by heavy rains, and chilly mornings in overcrowded classrooms. Winter is also drier than summer, which makes it a good time to build. A gift now helps keep construction moving while the weather allows.
Why new dormitories and classrooms are needed
Heavy rains have left the dormitories unsafe, and classrooms are overcrowded. Phase 1 provides new sleeping accommodation and dedicated classrooms for the school’s 54 resident monk students.
What Phase 1 will build
New first-floor dormitory
Weather-protected accommodation above the ground floor, connected to the classrooms by stairways.
Ground-floor classroom renovation
Renovation of the existing ground floor into dedicated classrooms.
Construction update · 25 October 2026
A look at the construction site
A short video of the new dormitory level taking shape above the existing building.
Construction update
20 October 2026 photographs
Follow construction progress and finances in our project reports.
Construction beginnings · August 2026
The beginning of Phase 1A construction
Phase 1A construction began on 28 August 2026. The photographs show early structural work and the project blessing puja held on 28 August 2026.
Follow construction progress and finances in our project reports.
See the initial photographs and budget →Life at the school
The school brings together education, spiritual practice, community life, and Himalayan cultural heritage.
