Help Needed - Water Tank

Water Tank Project

Water is the stuff of life and our Khangsten lacks this most basic human need.

We often completely run out of water, which poses a severe threat to the health of our monks, particularly the children and older members of our community. This is the biggest problem our Khangsten faces and YOU can help us solve it.

We desperately need to upgrade our water supply, but do not have the resources to do so.

Currently, a small (2000 litre) tank is our only source of clean water for drinking and cooking, as well as personal hygiene and cleaning.

Please help us reach our goal:

        (photos © Sera Jey Ngari Khangtsen)

Each monk uses the tap about 4 times a day, so that means that it is visited an average of 4200 times every week.

Cleanliness is an intrinsic part of daily life for a monk, but during holiday periods it is necessary for them to engage in additional washing and cleaning for ritualistic purposes. This puts further strain upon our extremely limited facilities.

New Water Tank

We need to build an Over Head Water Tank to improve the water supply to our Khangtsen. The tank will be similar to the photograph below.
The planned for capacity is 50000 litres (costing approximately 900000 Rupees).

Approximate exchange rate: 1000 Rupees = 23 USD and/or 14 € and/or 11 GBP

Please help us safeguard both the physical health and religious well-being of our monks, by making a donation (no matter how small) to our Water Tank Project.