Problems and risks

Main problems are due to lack of education :

Children are not encouraged to manage facilities or to preserve traditions such as cooking or sawing

 Learning is not encouraged (no library or cultural activities etc.). Children do not learn much about Tibetan culture as there are no books available in Tibetan or Chinese. Education levels are very low and cannot replace the lack of cultural input

 There is no overall thinking about the development of the region and specifically regarding the roles of investors who will rush in in the future. The region is enclosed and only accessible by a dirt road. There are infrastruture plans to link the region to neighbouring regions whose inhabitants come from different cultural backgrounds. Dzongsar is Tibetan but part of the Chinese province of Sichuan. There is a strong risk that Tibetans will lose their identity, heavily subjected to Chinese influences just as it happened in other neighbouring Tibetan regions. If the region doesnt anticipate its future development, children from Dzongsar will not play a part in the economic management of the region in the future.

The project not only aims at strengthening children’s abilities but also at organising means of communication and exchanges in order to facilitate the preservation of traditions and the management of the region.

Needs

 Sending some students to be trained in running restaurants. hotels, libraries, cultural centres etc.

 Sending some students on catering training