Archive for May, 2007
May 29th, 2007
On the 20th May 2007, the school’s launch on the LA scene took place at the Architecture + Design Museum Los Angeles, within its theme of ‘Enlightened Development’.
Bruce McKinlay of Arup and Elizabeth Shanklin of Ogilvy made presentations explaining their firms’ activities at the school in Ladakh; His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa presided, and Donovan kindly serenaded the audience.
The event raised valuable funds towards the school’s 3rd Residence, which must open by November 2007 in order to receive incoming children from remote areas.
This event, organised by Druk Foundation, was made possible by the generosity of the A+D Museum, and corporate sponsors Arup and Ogilvy.
May 29th, 2007
House competitions continue with cricket and football. Each of the five ‘houses’ has a boys’ team and a girls’ team. There was great excitement when the new tracksuits were delivered, thanks to the generosity of a donor, and now the infants would like some too!
May 18th, 2007
We are deighted to announce the launch of our new website.
The site, built in collaboration with an Electronic Publishing Master’s student from City University, London, aims to bring the school straight to your desktop through the use of media and regular updates direct from Ladakh.
New Features include:
- Up-to-date photo galleries. Find out what the school’s really like and how the project is developing.
- An interactive case study section. Listen to a volunteer, recently returned from Ladakh, share his photos and experience of the school with you.
- This news section that delivers all of the latest updates, direct from the school, to your inbox or RSS feed reader (find out more about RSS).
Of course the school still needs your kind support in forms of child sponsorship, donations, funds raised through events such as coffee mornings, running marathons, birthday donations to the school, legacy giving and even your loose change!
New supporters are very welcome so please pass this link to your friends.
Thank you for making a difference and happy browsing at www.dwls.org!
Resources:
- Read an article about the development of our new website. (Originally published in XCity magazine)
