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26 May 2010 DFLN

With your support we can achieve our goals. We are aware that the financial crisis, less money will be available for charity. Yet we find it does not make much of a difference. Apparently, our sponsors and donors believe that just because we are a small foundation with clear goals, their donations actually reach the right place.

The DFLN has been given an ANBI status. This means that DFLN is a registered charity (by the tax authorities 'public interest institutions') and will not have pay taxes on your donation. This also means that your donation is deductible from your income as the threshold of 1% of your taxable income exceeds donations.

Sponsor Forms

20 December 2006

On this page are the forms of the nuns who still need a sponsor for their study.

There are three groups of nuns who are eligible for a sponsor:

1) The nuns are under the protection of the Ladakh Nuns Association. Of them is currently a group of 21 nuns supported by the Dutch. In addition, a number of nuns sponsored by German people. Sponsoring a nun (by one or more persons) is possible for an amount of 300.00 per year per nun.

German translations

20 October 2011

Our friend Nicolai (Berlin / Kraków) could not bear seeing the google translater mutilate his mother language and worked hard to translate the site in correct German. Nicolai Thank you!

For English texts we are still looking for a volunteer .. read more

Josje

02 August 2010

Then there's Josje. A lady in her nineties who decided to include the DFLN in her will. We don't call her by her full name, but want to thank her for her generous gift. Her last words about her decision: "Now I can watch over the nuns enjoying what I gave them from above." In the future, her name will be shown on a prayer wheel to be built, so that every time when it is rotated, she will be remembered.

Tip jar camping Les Matharons

30 July 2010

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Despite the recession, the tip jar for Gephel monastery in Ladakh again well filled.

The guests throughout the season gave the large amount of 980, -. This is a welcome addition to the study projects of the young convent. The nuns are all studying and learning this year as the first group of nuns in Ladakh, making sand mandalas.

Henk and Ada Knol also decided to increase their sponsorship to 400, - because the cost of living in Ladakh have increased seriously.

We are grateful for their annual support.