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		<title>New Sneakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gatsal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the children have recently received new sneakers, due to a donation from a friend. They all are Korean made and are of decent quality, so hopefully they will lasts for some time (though we are not sure about Sanjay, hahaha&#8230;) Please enjoy the photos!]]></description>
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		<title>A Successful Fundraiser for Gatsal — In Switzerland!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our event was better than we expected, especially since it was the first one! It was a little success for the new Swiss Jhamtse Club! Before the event, I contacted the Geneva Tibetan Friends Association and met a lady who was willing to sing for us. I was not sure if she would really come – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Concept of Beauty at School</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gatsal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Art reflects the beauty of human soul.’ I read this line somewhere, and at that time I thought what is the beauty of a human soul? With time, I came to understand that art reflects the most undefined and abstract form of our soul. So friends, Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s Community is flowing with the colors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michelle Shares Her Favorites</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HeatherB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle D., a visitor to Gatsal during the Fall of 2011, has a gallery of wonderful photos to share. Here are just a few of her favorites from the trip:]]></description>
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		<title>P.E. with Suzanne</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HeatherB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, during the months of my visit to Jhamtse Gatsal, there was no PE teacher, so I took over and taught all the classes. This was making the kids so happy, and was a good opportunity to stay out of the classroom, as well as to learn some team work, movements and fair play. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gatsal Featured in a U.S. Newspaper</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HeatherB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A photo of Jerry Zadow (Jhamtse treasurer) and many members of the Jhamtse Gatsal Children&#8217;s Community, was recently published in the Concord Journal, a newspaper in Concord, Massachusetts. Pretty cool.]]></description>
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		<title>Pop Quiz Answer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HeatherB</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the Answer! Painting (A) of the Tawang monastery was done by the boys of class 7! (Sangey Tsering, Dorjee Norbu, and Rinchen Tsering) Painting (B) is by the girls! (Rinchen Lhamu, Phurpa Yangzom, and Tsering Wangmu A) It&#8217;s so excellent, what the kids did, that I also proposed to Lobsang that we frame the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Day of Shocking Bad News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gatsal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the morning of November 23, when the school was in normal session, and we got two items of bad news for the Jhamtse Gatsal Children&#8217;s Community. Unfortunately, it was the news of two deaths. We lost the grandfather of our very esteemed and devoted teacher Ms. Gombu Lhamu, who had been battling kidney [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Children’s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gatsal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children&#8217;s Day was celebrated at Jhamtse Gatsal Children&#8217;s Community in an amazing style! As you may know, we celebrate Children&#8217;s Day in India on 14th November, the birthday of our first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Pt. Nehru was very fond of children and, when he was alive, he always spent his birthday with children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiential Learning Opportunities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gatsal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many supporters of Jhamtse Gatsal will be happy to hear about the recent additions to the Jhamtse Gatsal staff and skill set. We now have a very skilled carpenter on staff who has been working on creating some beautiful and high quality wood furniture for our classrooms and kitchen. Please see some examples of his [...]]]></description>
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