TASHI & THE MONK DIALOGUE
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00:02 |
Buddhist Monk Lobsang Phuntsok was trained under His Holiness The Dalai Lama to share Tibetan Buddhism with the West. |
(Text on screen) Mountains |
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In 2006 he felt called to leave his life as a
spiritual teacher in the United States and returned to the region of his
birth with a dream of rescuing unwanted children. |
(Text on screen) Mountains |
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00:15 |
In the remote foothills of the Indian Himalayas he
created a unique community called Jhamtse Gatsal: The Garden of Love and
Compassion. |
(Text on screen) Jhamtse Gatsal |
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01:26 |
Tashi and the Monk |
Title |
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01:32 |
“When you look today at this kind of growing
community, |
Lobsang assembly |
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01:38 |
in some ways all of us are basically abandoned or
not really wanted person. |
Tenzin Dolma |
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01:47 |
Everybody kind of give up hope on us. |
Raju |
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01:52 |
But in this place you are welcome and you have the
opportunity to change. |
Tashi pulling hood
on Tenzin Phuntsok |
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01:57 |
And we will be with you no matter what. |
Girl in assembly |
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02:01 |
This is a community of love and
compassion. |
Lobsang facing
assembly |
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02:05 |
We need to move forward together, supporting
each other, caring for each other. |
Whole assembly |
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02:11 |
And these little ones, even the naughtiest ones
are the most amazing seeds of compassion and love. |
Lobsang addressing
youngest children |
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02:18 |
Some day they will blossom. |
Tashi Drolma |
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02:27 |
Every single kid who are in Jhamtse Gatsal
suffered a lot. |
Assembly dispersing |
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02:32 |
Some, they lost both their parents when they
were very young. |
Children walking single file |
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02:36 |
Some were actually abandoned by their parents. |
Two Girls looking out at mountains |
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02:40 |
Some were like actually sold by their parents. |
Kids sitting against building |
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02:43 |
These
are all children, sort of uninvited guests in this universe, in this world. |
Tashi Drolma spinning |
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02:52 |
Sit
properly Maling. |
Teacher with younger students in classroom |
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03:05 |
Keep studying, I’ll be back in a minute. |
Three younger students sitting on floor |
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03:09 |
I
will colour your face. |
Tashi Drolma sitting on floor with marker |
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03:14 |
Keep writing. |
Tashi Drolma sitting on floor with marker |
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03:26 |
Do you want a slap? |
Tashi Drolma interacting with boy on floor |
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03:45 |
I am almost finished! |
Wide angle of kids working on floor, one gets up |
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03:55 |
I’m going to tell Madam what you did. |
Boy sits down next to Tashi Drolma |
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04:01 |
Well why did you hit me? |
Tashi Drolma sitting on floor |
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04:03 |
You started it. |
Tashi Drolma sitting on floor |
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04:13 |
When you misbehave you go to the office. |
Teacher picking up Tashi Drolma |
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04:22 |
I don’t want to. |
Tashi Drolma being dragged to office |
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04:25 |
Come on, let’s go. |
Tashi Drolma falling down outside office |
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04:35 |
Look at me. |
Tashi Drolma crying, Lobsang is talking
to her in office |
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04:41 |
No more tears. |
Tashi Drolma crying, Lobsang is
talking to her in office |
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04:48 |
Did you beat Maling? Did
you spit on him? |
Lobsang talking to Tashi Drolma not crying |
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04:51 |
Have you done something wrong? |
Lobsang talking to Tashi Drolma looking down |
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04:55 |
What did your teacher tell you? |
Lobsang talking to Tashi Drolma looking down |
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04:59 |
Give me your hand. |
Lobsang holding Tashi Drolma’s hand |
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05:03 |
You have a wound on your hand. How’d you get it? |
Lobsang looking at Tashi Drolma’s hand |
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05:07 |
Does it hurt? |
Close up on their hands |
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05:10 |
Did you get some ointment for it? |
Close up on their hands |
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05:15 |
Look, I have one too. |
Close up on Lobsang’s hands |
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05:23 |
Mine hurts, does yours? |
Close up on hands, Lobsang holding Tashi Drolma’s |
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05:28 |
Are you happy here? |
Panning up from their hands to their faces |
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05:33 |
Nobody beats you here. |
Lobsang talking to Tashi Drolma |
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05:38 |
What should you do in class? |
Lobsang holding Tashi Dromla, focused on her
face |
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05:39 |
Study |
Lobsang holding Tashi Dromla, focused on her
face looking down |
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05:41 |
That’s right, study. |
Lobsang holding Tashi Dromla, focused on her
face looking down |
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05:42 |
Sometimes being naughty is OK. |
Lobsang looking at Tashi Drolma, Tashi Drolma looking up at him |
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05:46 |
But the rest of the time you have to study and
listen to your elders. |
Lobsang looking at Tashi Drolma, Tashi Drolma looking up at him |
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05:51 |
When you grow up like me you will be very happy. |
Lobsang lifting up
arm Tashi Drolma looking
up at him |
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05:57 |
Now you have to stop crying and smile. |
Tashi Drolma looking down |
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06:04 |
Shall I walk you to your class? |
Close up on Tashi Drolma’s
face |
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06:14 |
Where are your shoes? |
Lobsang and Tashi Drolma holding hands
walking to door |
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06:17 |
You don’t have any shoes? |
Lobsang and Tashi Drolma holding hands
walking out |
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06:50 |
Right
now little Tashi is the naughtiest student at
Jhamtse. She’s a troublemaker. |
Two women sitting on bed facing Lobsang |
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06:58 |
She’s been here 6 months, and she’s not
getting better. |
Lobsang sitting on
bed with boy in lap facing women |
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07:03 |
She
never shares. If someone takes her
snacks, she’ll fight them. |
Tashi Drolma sitting outside |
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07:09 |
She’s not afraid. She’s not afraid of anyone. |
Lobsang with boy sitting on
lap |
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07:14 |
We have to think about how we can help her change. |
Close up of Tashi Drolma
sitting outside |
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07:21 |
She wets the bed, and tries to hide it with
blankets. |
Two women sitting on bed facing Lobsang |
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07:31 |
Her mother died from a bad illness, her father is a
severe alcoholic. |
Tashi Drolma standing up outside. |
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07:38 |
That’s why she’s here at Jhmatse
Gatsal. |
Lobsang talking to
two women |
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07:44 |
I hope eventually she will become like the other
kids. |
Tashi Drolma standing outside |
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08:05 |
What are you studying? |
Lobsang standing in family
house |
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08:09 |
Social Studies. |
Girl sitting in bed |
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08:13 |
Do you have a test tomorrow? |
Another girl sitting on bed with notebook in lap |
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08:20 |
Tell us a story! |
Lobsang standing
looking down |
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08:21 |
A story? |
Lobsang standing
looking down |
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08:23 |
OK. |
Girls sitting on bed looking up |
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08:26 |
Are you ready? |
Lobsang sitting |
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08:23 |
Once
upon a time there was a small village and a child was born there. |
Lobsang sitting |
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08:40 |
A really little baby. |
Lobsang sitting
making hand motion |
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08:43 |
The
baby’s mother had got pregnant at a very young age. |
Tenzin Phuntsok |
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08:50 |
Because
she was not married she was so ashamed. |
Tenzin Phuntsok |
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08:56 |
She gave birth to the child all alone in the toilet. |
Girls sitting and looking at Lobsang |
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09:01 |
And she threw him under some leaves. |
Girls sitting and looking at Lobsang |
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09:07 |
But
the grandparents heard the child crying and rescued him and raised him. |
Kopila Thapa |
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09:16 |
The child became very naughty. |
Lobsang sitting and
pointing |
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09:22 |
Have you ever broken anyone’s window? |
Lobsang talking to
Tenzin Phuntsok |
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09:25 |
Are you telling the truth? |
Lobsang talking to
Tenzin Phuntsok |
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09:26 |
The
villagers complained that he broke their windows and hit their cows. |
Girls listening to Lobsang |
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09:33 |
They
decided the only solution was to send him far away. |
Lobsang sitting
making hand motions |
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09:39 |
He was young, like all of you. |
Close up profile of Lobsang |
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09:42 |
Do you have any idea where they sent the boy? |
Boys sitting on top of bunk beds |
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09:45 |
A far away place? |
Close up profile of Lobsang |
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09:49 |
They decided to send him to the monastery. |
Close up profile of Lobsang |
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09:52 |
But
he started to make trouble as he did in his village. |
Lobsang sitting
making face |
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09:57 |
And
the teachers got fed up with him. |
Dorjee Wangchu and Konchok Norbu |
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10:03 |
But
there was one teacher who believed he could change. |
Lobsang sitting
holding up finger |
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10:12 |
And
slowly, over time, he began to change. |
Lobsang |
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10:19 |
One
day he became an adult. |
Raju |
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10:22 |
“Now
I am grown up, what should I do with my life?” he asked himself. |
Lobsang hand on chin |
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10:26 |
He
thought and he thought. |
Lobsang hand on chin |
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10:29 |
He
realized there are many naughty and unwanted children like him. |
Lobsang hand on chin
nodding |
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10:34 |
So
he decided to build them a big house. |
To side of Lobsang |
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10:42 |
Where
they could all live together. |
To side of Lobsang to side of kids listening |
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10:51 |
He
brought many kids to the house and tried to teach them good things. |
Girls looking up at Lobsang |
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10:58 |
Do
you have any idea where this school is? |
Girls looking up at Lobsang |
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11:00 |
Our
school. |
Girls looking up at Lobsang |
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11:03 |
What
is the name of your school? |
Girls laughing |
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11:05 |
Jhamtse
Gatsal |
Girls looking up at Lobsang |
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11:08 |
And
who was that naughty kid? |
Lobsang talking to
kids |
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11:12 |
You? |
Girls looking up at Lobsang |
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11:14 |
It
was you Daddy! |
Girls looking up at Lobsang |
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11:21 |
Now
what should we do? |
Tenzin Phuntsok |
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11:23 |
Now
we should go to sleep. |
Lobsang on bed
talking to kids |
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11:24 |
That’s
right, it’s time for bed. |
Lobsang on bed
talking to kids |
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11:28 |
Goodnight! |
Lobsang claps on bed
talking to kids |
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11:29 |
Goodnight Gen-La! |
Lobsang on bed kids
dispersing |
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11:40 |
Goodnight! |
Lobsang turning out
lights |
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12:28 |
When grandfather visited recently he told me
what happened to the boy’s father. |
Close up of Lobsang in house |
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12:39 |
My son fell from the roof onto a metal
rod. It went straight to his chest. |
Close up of woman and boys hands |
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12:47 |
He didn’t have a chance. |
Man talking |
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12:50 |
He died on the way to the hospital. |
Woman with boy in lap |
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12:58 |
What
is the boy’s name? -Dorjee |
Boy in woman’s lap |
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13:02 |
How
old is he? -Around
four |
Boy in woman’s lap |
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13:05 |
I
ask you to take my son to your school. He is so young that I can’t go
anywhere for work. |
Side view woman and boy in her lap |
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3:13 |
If
I leave him alone the other village boys beat him. |
Side view woman and boy in her lap |
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3:19 |
You
take care of all the kids like your own children. |
Profile of man |
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13:24 |
The
Amalas wash their clothes, and take good care of
them. |
Profile of man |
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13:30 |
We
are really poor, and she is alone now. |
Profile of Lobsang |
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13:37 |
When
we decide to take a child, I have to think about it very deeply. |
Woman and boy in her lap |
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13:43 |
It’s
not just for a few months, it’s for a whole life. |
Woman and boy in her lap |
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13:48 |
When
I take a child into the school, I promise to them that I will be their
parent. |
Lobsang arm on knee |
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13:54 |
I’ll
try to help you… |
Man woman and boy |
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13:57 |
But
I have to consider many factors. |
Man woman and boy |
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14:00 |
We
understand. |
Man woman and boy |
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14:12 |
My
most difficult job is when and how to accept new kids. |
Lobsang walking out |
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14:21 |
When
I say yes, it means equal to saying, “I will save this kid’s life.” |
Lobsang walking |
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14:28 |
When
I say no, saying no is equal to saying, “No, I don’t want to save this boy.”
Or “I cannot save this child.” |
People in village |
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14:43 |
Please
take two of our kids, we are really poor. |
Lobsang |
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14:45 |
Take
one child from this woman’s house. |
Two women |
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14:50 |
We
are poor, really poor. If there is space, please take one of our kids. |
Lobsang and two
women |
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14:57 |
If
it was possible I would take them, but it’s not possible now. |
Lobsang and two
women |
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15:04 |
I
went to Jhamtse Gatsal with one child on my back, and one holding my hand. |
Woman facing mountains |
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15:09 |
You
took children who still had both parents and you didn’t even look at my
children. |
Lobsang and woman |
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15:38 |
Tashi Drolma look at me, I am on your bed. |
Tashi Drolma |
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15:48 |
I
am getting angry. |
Tashi Drolma with broom |
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15:51 |
Stop
running away! |
Tashi Dromla following kid with broom |
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15:53 |
I’ll
kill you! |
Tashi Drolma standing on bed |
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15:57 |
Come
here, I’ll tell you something… |
Tashi Drolma reaching out on bed |
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16:00 |
I’m
not going to beat you, come… |
Tashi Drolma reaching out on bed |
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16:04 |
Tashi Drolma very bad. |
Tashi Drolma standing on bed with broom. |
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16:16 |
How
are your studies going? -
Fine |
Side view of Lobsang talking to Raju |
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16:20 |
Tashi is the most recent arrival at Jhamtse, and is one of the youngest.
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Profile of Raju |
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16:26 |
I’ve seen she mixes with the other kids, but
has she made any friends yet? |
Profile of Raju |
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16:34 |
It’s difficult to make friends with her
because she’s so naughty, so she’s just on her own. |
Raju |
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16:44 |
Amala alone cannot look after
her, or take care of the situation. |
Raju |
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16:49 |
You
are like an elder brother, so you must help her understand… |
Raju |
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16:53 |
…what is right and wrong. |
Raju |
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16:57 |
Slowly she will begin to understand. |
Raju |
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17:00 |
This
is your job as a responsible elder brother, OK? |
Lobsang |
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17:09 |
Raju, remember, always try to be a good,
straightforward human being. |
Silhouette of Raju and Lobsang walking |
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17:27 |
When I was young I was in the monastery, and
I had to shave all my hair off. |
Tenzin Phuntsok in mirror |
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17:33 |
I was only a little bit older than you. |
Close up on Lobsang’s face |
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17:39 |
Even this part on the top. |
Tenzin Phuntsok in mirror |
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17:43 |
This bit? |
Close up of Tenzin Phuntsok in mirror |
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17:48 |
I want to keep the top part. |
Tenzin Phuntsok and Lobsang
in mirror |
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17:52 |
There are many kids like me in this world,
that don’t get an opportunity to call someone “Dad”. |
Profile of Tenzin Phuntsok |
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17:59 |
I don’t remember using that term in my life. |
Profile of Tenzin Phuntsok and comb |
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18:02 |
Even today, at this age, I feel I wish I had a
dad that you could share things with him.
And listen about his life. |
Close up of Lobsang cutting Tenzin Phuntsok’s hair |
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18:19 |
Aren’t you handsome now? |
Lobsang and Tenzin Phuntsok looking in mirror |
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18:23 |
Thank you Daddy. |
Silhouette of Tenzin Phuntsok and Lobsang |
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18:47 |
I’ll cut your throat. |
Tashi Drolma laying in bed with doll |
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18:51 |
Stop talking and go to sleep, do you want me
to come over there? |
Tashi Drolma laying in bed with doll |
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18:57 |
I am talking to my baby. |
Tashi Drolma laying in bed with doll |
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19:08 |
Tashi Drolma,
little one… |
Raju next to Tashi Drolma’s
bed |
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19:12 |
Raju, tell me a story? |
Raju next to Tashi Drolma’s
bed |
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19:14 |
You tell me one first. |
Close up Tashi Drolma |
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19:15 |
Once there was a ghost in my house and he was
laughing… |
Close up Tashi Drolma |
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19:26 |
Oh I was so scared. I was crying like a
little baby. |
Raju sitting looking at Tashi Drolma |
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19:34 |
What |
Raju sitting looking at Tashi Drolma |
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19:37 |
I was calling for my mother, and I was
crying… |
Raju sitting looking at Tashi |
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19:46 |
And the ghost ate my father and mother. |
Raju and Tashi Drolma |
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19:56 |
This story makes no sense. |
Raju and Tashi Drolma |
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19:58 |
Move over. - No, go away. |
Raju and Tashi Drolma
Tashi Lhamu A getting in
bed |
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20:05 |
Go now. |
Tashi Drolma |
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20:10 |
It’s cold! |
Tashi Drolma |
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20:19 |
Tashi Drolma
keep quiet. |
Tashi Lhamu A |
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20:22 |
Did you wet the bed again? |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma in bed |
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21:05 |
Back in the village there was a boy, he was 11
years old. |
Kids sitting listening to Lobsang |
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21:10 |
For whatever reason, last night actually he
hanged himself. |
Profile of Lobsang |
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21:17 |
I had a couple of times actually opportunity
to meet that young boy. |
Tenzin Drolma A, Tsering Gombu, and Tsering Lhadron A |
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21:21 |
I think a year ago when I went to visit their
village that the grandmother encouraged me to save his life: |
Profile of Lobsang |
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21:30 |
“If you could take that boy to the community,
because of some challenge in his family.” |
Pan of kids listening |
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21:37 |
And I felt this morning that on my side, a
little bit kind of failure. |
Profile of Lobsang |
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21:47 |
The mistake I feel that I made is I was not
able to see the condition of his insight. |
Pema Drolma A |
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21:53 |
The mental condition of the boy, what kind of
stress he was going through. |
Tenzin Phuntsok |
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21:58 |
And he actually ended his life last night. |
Profile of Lobsang |
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22:12 |
We have more than a thousand requests so far,
that we received to take the kids into the community. |
Lobsang driving |
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22:21 |
If I am able to say yes to one family, and I
am saying no to ten families. |
Lobsang driving |
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22:29 |
Some of the decisions that I made I think I
have to deal with the rest of my life. |
Lobsang driving |
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22:55 |
My grandson. |
Photo album in hands |
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23:01 |
He was handsome. |
Photo album in hands |
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23:13 |
He was going to be a teenager soon. |
Woman crying |
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23:20 |
I’ve been talking to him and asking why he
killed himself. |
Woman |
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23:37 |
It’s all since his mother died. |
Lobsang |
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23:41 |
When I came to your village, you asked me to
take him to Jhamtse. |
Woman looking at Lobsang |
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23:49 |
But unfortunately at that time I didn’t
realize his situation was so serious. |
Hands with beads in it |
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23:58 |
I wish I had died instead. |
Lobsung |
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24:01 |
I lost seven children, but it never felt this
bad. |
Lobsang |
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24:10 |
I feel so lonely. |
Woman |
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24:21 |
In this great big world. |
Hand lighting candles |
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24:28 |
There is so much love and care. |
Dorjee Wangchu lighting candles |
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24:37 |
But there is no kindness greater… |
Lighting candles |
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24:46 |
…Than my mother’s love. |
Tenzin Phuntsok |
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25:16 |
A real hero! |
Girl washing hair |
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25:21 |
Tashi Drolma
bring me that cloth. |
Tashi Drolma washing hair |
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25:29 |
I am a dragon! |
Tsering Lhadron B washing hair |
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25:30 |
The dragon will eat you. |
Tsering Lhadron B washing hair |
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25:33 |
My eyes are burning. |
Lham Tashi |
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25:43 |
Go and get dressed. |
Tashi Drolma |
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26:02 |
Big brother, everybody got more than me. - Oh, you only got a small portion? |
Raju eating |
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26:07 |
You want some more? |
Raju |
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26:10 |
I want a roti. I don’t want jam. Go and get
it for me. |
Tashi Drolma |
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26:16 |
Last night I saw a ghost of an old lady. |
Raju drinking |
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26:22 |
The old lady was killing a little girl. |
Tashi Drolma acting it out |
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26:29 |
Yucky, don’t do it! |
Raju and Tashi Drolma |
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26:32 |
Did the little girl die? |
Raju and Tashi Drolma |
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26:35 |
No, I flew away. |
Tashi Drolma |
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26:37 |
Was I in your dream? - Yes, the ghost was eating you. |
Raju and Tashi Drolma |
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26:42 |
What did I taste like? |
Raju and Tashi Drolma |
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26:44 |
Tasty! |
Raju and Tashi Drolma |
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27:14 |
Come on doggy! |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma running |
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27:18 |
There are spikes. |
Hands picking something off vine |
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27:23 |
I want another tomato. - I want one too. |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma looking down |
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27:27 |
Come over here. |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma |
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27:36 |
I’m your big sister, I’ll do it for you. |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma looking at plants |
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27:39 |
Take it. - Where is it? |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma |
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27:41 |
Take it and keep it. |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma |
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27:45 |
Don’t take them all we’ll share them. |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma |
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27:49 |
We are partners. |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma |
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28:01 |
Come along. |
Tashi Lhamu A and Tashi Drolma |
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28:07 |
Jam! |
Tashi Drolma crushing |
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28:10 |
I’ll crack my walnut. |
Tashi Drolma |
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28:24 |
Here…take it. |
Tashi Drolma reaching out |
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28:35 |
Ah, beautiful! |
Tashi Lhamu A |
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28:39 |
Magic. |
Tashi Drolma |
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29:02 |
Let’s go now. |
Tashi Drolma spinning |
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29:06 |
Hold my hand. |
Tashi Lhamu A running backwards Tashi
Drolma running |
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29:33 |
I have come here to request again the
admission of my grandson. |
Lobsang and man
walking |
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29:44 |
Please take my child. |
Lobsang and man
sitting inside |
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29:55 |
Who is the boy with now |
Lobsang and man
sitting inside |
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30:02 |
He’s with his mother. His sister is working
breaking rocks. |
Lobsang and man
sitting inside |
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30:08 |
It’s very difficult for us at the moment. |
Man |
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30:14 |
The kids here have to finish their
examinations first, then I’ll see what I can do. |
Man |
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30:24 |
But I can’t promise we will be able to take
the boy. |
Profile of man |
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30:35 |
Today’s actually agenda is that we are going
to discuss about the new session and how many kids we can actually take. |
Lobsang talking to
staff |
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30:43 |
We need to think of our current situation,
reality of our community, whether we are capable, whether we have enough
resources to take any more kids. |
Pan of staff |
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30:52 |
No matter how many kids we plan to take in,
we lack in classrooms and teachers. |
Deki, Vasudha,
and Amma |
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31:02 |
Is there space in the Family Houses for more
kids? |
Vasudha |
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31:07 |
We already have two kids to a bed and we
can’t add more beds. |
Amala Tenzin |
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31:16 |
All the things that we believe in, we are
already struggling to make those happen. |
Staff |
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31:23 |
And the more kids we take, the less attention
we can give to each other and to the children. |
Staff |
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31:30 |
You
know, the reality for us right now is that it is hard to say yes. |
Staff |
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31:42 |
I can’t ignore the reality. The current reality tells me we cannot take
any more kids. But I know, kids die. |
Lobsang by fire |
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31:51 |
I know kids just end up in a really bad
situation. |
Lobsang by fire |
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31:57 |
I can still hope that I can save someone else
next year. And keep going. |
Kids dancing |
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32:14 |
Tenzin, you were very young when you came
here. |
Jhamtse Gatsal |
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32:18 |
Now you are nearly grown up… |
Silloute of Tenzin Drolma A and Lobsang |
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32:21 |
It is time to think about your future. |
Tenzin Drolma A and Lobsang |
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32:25 |
You want to go to college. What do you feel
about the world outside? |
Tenzin Drolma A and Lobsang |
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32:35 |
I think when I go outside, maybe people will
be different from our community. |
Lobsang |
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32:42 |
Here people are really caring. |
Tenzin Drolma A |
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32:46 |
If anyone gets sick people ask ‘How do you
feel? Do you need anything? |
Tenzin Drolma A |
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32:50 |
But outside maybe it won’t be like that. |
Tenzin Drolma A |
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32:55 |
Whenever you face challenges, remember you
have a family here and you can talk to us. |
Lobsang and Tenzin Drolma A |
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33:07 |
Before coming here I didn’t have a father, so
I faced a lot of problems. |
Tenzin Drolma A |
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33:22 |
You’re like a father to me. |
Tenzin Drolma A |
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33:32 |
If I was still living in my village, I don’t
know how my life would be. |
Tenzin Drolma A |
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33:39 |
Maybe I would have gone to school, but I
wouldn’t have a father like you. |
Tenzin Drolma A |
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35:16 |
Yesterday Tsering Gombu punched a beehive. |
Lobsang walking |
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35:22 |
Tashi and Maling
were fighting each other/ |
Lobsang walking with
Tashi Drolma and two
other kids |
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35:24 |
Now you guys are friends, right? |
Lobsang walking with
Tashi Drolma and two
other kids |
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35:26 |
No, I want to pinch her. |
Lobsang walking with
Tashi Drolma and two
other kids |
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35:29 |
- Then I’ll kick you. |
Lobsang and Tashi Drolma walking |
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35:33 |
You like fighting, or you like to be friends? |
Lobsang and Tashi Drolma sitting down |
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35:36 |
I like to be friends. |
Tashi Drolma |
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35:39 |
At the moment you are the youngest in Jhamtse,
but there might be more kids coming… |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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35:44 |
Will they be staying with us? |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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35:50 |
Are they all your kids? |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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35:52 |
If the little ones come, you’ll be their
older sister. |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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35:55 |
You want to be an older sister, or stay a
little kid? |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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36:00 |
I want to be an older sister. |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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36:02 |
Then you should pretend to be an older
sister, and help them. |
Close up on Tashi Drolma
and Lobsang |
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36:07 |
What should you teach them? - First, eat your food. |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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36:12 |
Go to your class. |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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36:18 |
Don’t fight with each other, listen to your
elders. |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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36:22 |
Don’t fight with each other. - Can you do this? |
Lobsang with Tashi Drolma, Maling Tashi, and Kopila Thapa |
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36:34 |
Give each other a hug. |
Maling Tashi and Kopila Thapa |
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36:43 |
Maling, give her a proper hug. |
Tashi Drolma on ground Maling Tashi standing |
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37:14 |
I cannot undo my life and go back to my
childhood and really live my childhood fully. |
Lobsang playing with
the kids |
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37:25 |
But one thing that now I know is that I could
help to give these children their childhood, that I missed in my life. |
Lobsang playing with
the kids |
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37:40 |
When I see they are laughing, screaming and
playing, I feel I am living my childhood. |
Lobsang playing with
the kids |
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37:53 |
I am lucky that we have 85 children now. And I miss only one childhood but I got
opportunity to live 85 childhoods. |
Lobsang playing with
the kids |
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38:21 |
I know when I look back, why I am alive today. |
Lobsang playing with
the kids |
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38:25 |
There’s something really special in my life
that happened. |
Lobsang playing with
the kids |
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38:32 |
Kids who are here now found a safe home. |
Lobsang playing with
the kids |
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38:38 |
And
now they have this opportunity to dream about their future. |
Lobsang playing with
the kids |
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38:46 |
I am Tashi Drolma! |
Tashi Drolma looking out |
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38:57 |
My name is Tashi Drolma |
Tashi Drolma |
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39:35 |
Film by |
(Text on screen) Sky |
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39:46 |
With thanks to |
(Text on screen) Sky |
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