Join Restoration Works International on an exploratory trip, October 18-27, 2016, to one of our future projects in Udaipur, India: the Bichli Haveli. As a participant, you'll be among the first RWI volunteers to arrive on site, and you'll play an important role in pre-program preparations by providing input about community engagement, logistics, site work, local programs [...]
Over the last few months, the Chhairo community has reaffirmed its support for the gompa restoration. When the district provided development funding to the villagers, they decided to use some of it to rebuild the gompa's eastern structure opposite the new kitchen block. (Volunteers may remember the dilapidated structure that was there.) They also used [...]
Thanks to your generosity during our #GivingTuesday campaign on December 1st and your end-of-year gifts, we met our goal of raising the last $10,000 needed to complete RWI's financial commitment to Chhairo. With the funds raised, the last of the work is underway. Second Story of Visitor/Kitchen Block Begun Now that the weather is getting [...]
Restoration Works International's board of directors is actively evaluating potential projects in India and Thailand: a haveli (townhouse) and a cinema, respectively. Both are exciting projects that have the potential of truly helping the associated community while offering volunteers a unique and meaningful way to give back. We're also establishing relationships with communities in Cuba, [...]
Because of your selfless gifts on GivingTuesday 2015, we are pleased to announce that we have met our goal of raising $5,000 so the Chhairo gompa restoration will endure for generations to come. THANK YOU from all of us at Restoration Works International and our friends at Chhairo. On this annual day of giving back, [...]
If you've joined us in Chhairo, you may remember meeting Bimala. Perhaps you plastered the gompa walls alongside her or spoke with her about her favorite statue: Guru Rimpoche in the main chapel. Her joy and welcoming spirit has been a delight to all of us through the years, which is why we've chosen her [...]
With Restoration Works International's partnership, the Chhairo community has brought a crumbling ruin back to an operating monastery over the past 11 years. It was a bittersweet trip to Chhairo this autumn. Sweet for what it signified: we are close to reaching our goal of restoring this 300-year-old monastery. Bitter for knowing it was our [...]
Thank you for your calls, emails, messages of concern for Nepal, and the Restoration Works International community. Thankfully, we have located our partners, colleagues, interns and friends. Head Lama Shashi Dhoj and the Tulachan family (including brother Chakra and nephews Prajeet and Prajwal) are safe. The Bhattachans in Nepal are also safe, as are John [...]