Furthermore, A.S.I.A. has printed in Derge the complete Buddhist canon, the Kangyur, and the complete collection of scriptures of the ancient Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism, the Rinchen Terzod. In order to properly preserve the books recently printed in Derge, wooden tablets and cloths for text-wrapping, according to the traditional Tibetan system, have been prepared in Lhasa. A.S.I.A. intends thereby to foster the resumption of traditional Tibetan studies to help safeguard this ancient culture that currently runs grave risk of extinction. The project scheme aims at giving the sponsored children the possibility of following regular school courses, learning a job and giving them the means to safeguard and defend the culture of their own people, and not merely assisting them. From 1992 until now ASIA has coordinated the support of 400 Tibetan children.
Subsequent purpose is to train two local technicians for the further maintenance of the system.
At present, the population water supply relies on drawing 20 lt. It sums up to a total of 2500 sq. The project also aims at revitalizing the traditional tibetan architecture and decoration. The destination of these units is to accommodate doctors, teachers and assisting personnel from the hospital and the school.