Snapshots from SEP

Join us for a look at the first days of the 2012 SEP!

Volunteer Orientation
July 22-24, 2012
​12 Chinese, 8 Tibetan, and 5 Global volunteers

Breakfast of Champions: Baozi (steamed buns), eggs and milk

Volunteers getting to know each other on the campus of our host Southwest Forestry University

​Losang Rabgey, returning volunteer Tenpa, and volunteer Tan Yu (Nanjing University, China) discuss how to handle cultural and linguistic differences

Tsedrol (SEP alumna) and Tenpa (returning volunteer) share advice and stories with new volunteers

Volunteers cleaning bedrooms and bathrooms to prepare for the arrival of 57 students from all over Tibet

Taking the city bus on a field trip to Green Lake Park with volunteers and Chungba School students

SEP Classes Begin!

Chunbga students befriend a Kunming local on the bus

​Chungba students in Green Lake Park, Kunming

Welcome from the coordinators Ellie McCutcheon and Tenzing Wangmo

Students from all corners of the Tibetan plateau gathered together for SEP 2012

Losang with teachers from Braille Without Borders – Shigatse Seven of their students have joined SEP this year

Volunteers and students on the first day of SEP