We warmly salute the beautiful action by Tibetan teenagers from Dharamsala in their recent stay at Auroville’s Pavilion of Tibetan Culture. Recognizing the essential importance of Auroville’s needed land, they contributed their pocket money and organized a fundraising sale to benefit Auroville’s land!
Inspired by the young, may we all follow their example of solidarity!
From the report by Kalsang Dolma of Auroville’s Pavilion of Tibetan Culture:
“Since 2010, the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture in Auroville’s International Zone has been inviting teenage students from the Tibetan Children’s Village school in Dharamsala to come to Auroville for a cultural exchange program during their winter vacation.
This year there was the 9th batch of students from 12 to 15 years old.
During the Marathon Market Fair 2018 at the Visitors Center, our stall was next to the LFAU (Lands for Auroville Unified) stand. We were given information about the land of Auroville and how crucial it is for Auroville to purchase the remaining land.
One of the students mentioned that she was touched by the volunteers’s dedication and then the conversation picked up and we spoke about the topic for something like 35 minutes. Then one of the boys said, “Land is the main thing without which we may not be here today. For Auroville to reach Mother’s vision of a universal town with 50,000 inhabitants, Auroville really needs help to purchase all the needed land.”
One of the girls followed by saying “How can we help?” Later, they decided to contribute their weekly pocket money and they made postcards for the Pavilion to hold a fundraiser for land, which they then contributed to Auroville.”
To these inspiring children, the Land Fundraisers express sincere appreciation!
