Greenhouse financed and built by volunteers
A group of volunteers built a greenhouse to benefit a school with about 40 children. Malnutrition among Tibetan children is rampant and has resulted in startling rates of stunted growth. The greenhouse is about 15 x 20 (can ranges from 10 x 20 to 30 x 40) and uses metal tube and wood for the beams; mud, stone and wood for the structure; heavy duty plastic for the cover and fabric blanket for basic the insulation.
The greenhouse provides food, promotes healthier diet and generates income with surplus vegetables from high yield season. The greenhouse extends the growing season from four months to ten months and produces vegetables. Vegetables from the greenhouses will feed and improve the health of school children and family members in Tibet.
Before volunteers came, our local staff has into sustainability of the greenhouse project by looking into issues of whether or not the school have viable soil to grow vegetables, adequate water supply and able to maintain the greenhouse. Volunteers covered their own travel expenses, raised fund from friends and families to cover the greenhouse construction materials, project beneficiaries provide the land and local villagers volunteer with general labor to help the experienced Tibetan greenhouse builders.Volunteers felt good knowing that they made differences in lives of school children and had better travel experiences by connecting with locals.
Volunteers and students together having lunch at the school
