Table of Contents
Contents
Maps
Timeline
Preface
Prologue
PART I
The Beginning
A Guarded Welcome
Kham: An Introduction
Education
Schools, Children, and Books
The Tea Road to Kham
Guardian of the Future: Gyalten Rinpoche
Guardian of the Past: Sögyal
Openness
Journey to Dzokchen Monastery
A Monastery Business Plan
Our Scholarship Program Starts
A Major Misstep
Encounter with the Dalai Lama
Gaining Momentum
Rescued by Herders
Sögyal's Circle
PART II
Health
Searching for a Health Care Path
Encounter with a Prostrating Pilgrim
Environment
Trees and Mountains
A Prodigal Child
The Disabled
Earthquake!
Maternal Health
Midwife Training
News and Progress in Degé
Assessing Health Care Needs
Biking the Road to Degé
The Bridge is Finished
PART III
Income Generation
Modernizing Agriculture
Tourism Takes Off
Clinic Aid Delivered
Scholarship Challenges
School Renovation
Education Obstacles and Transitions
Information
A Poor Family
Greenhouse Setbacks
Mother to a Whole Village
Among Nomads
PART IV
Cultural Heritage
A Grant for Preserving Culture
Changes on the Grasslands
Preparations
Shaolin Monks and a Rumble in Lhagang
Handicrap
A Crafty Abbot
Conflict
Hostage
More Conflict
Chess Moves
A Girl Meets Her Sponsor
Ancient Homes
Redemption in Dorakarmo
A Sick Student
Advance Work
The Greenhouses Go Under
PART V
Governance
Corruption
Picture Frames
The Test
Community Ties
The Life and Times of Wayö Village
Gaining Trust
Our Girls Overcome
Repairs to an Ancient Home
Search for the Perfect Product
Market Linkages
Integrated Community Development
Return to Palpung Monastery
Looking Back-and Forward
The Prodigal Child Takes Wing
A Terrible Year
PART VI
Resilience
At University
Under the Radar
Into the Blue
Reckonings
Farewell Tour
Bittersweetness
The Next Generation
The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Chimé
FINAL NOTES
Epilogue
Gratitude
On the Use of Pseudonyms
Places
Index