Great news! The new truck for the nuns at Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute in northern India is now fully funded. Our deepest thanks go to Alicia, Margaret, Karen, Swetlana, Robert and a special anonymous donor who together helped us reach our goal!
About the Truck for the Nuns
There was a great need for a small, multi-purpose pickup truck for Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute to help the nuns manage their daily tasks. The nuns must travel often to go and buy vegetables and other food, as well as supplies for the shop, the tailoring section, for tofu-making, and for the paper-recycling section. Hiring or renting private cars or taxis for these regular shopping errands is both expensive and not practical.
Here’s a video and photos of the new truck in action.
The nuns sought a two-seater pickup truck with a spacious carriage at the back. This kind of vehicle is more useful and much safer than a normal rented car. Without a proper pickup truck with ample space and weight in the back, it is dangerous and difficult to drive up the steep hills of the surrounding area. The nuns use the pickup for getting food and vegetables from the market to feed over 240 nuns and over 30 staff, for transporting supplies for their many self-sufficiency projects and for various heavy-load materials.
The nuns leave for shopping
With 240 nuns at the nunnery, the nuns must travel often to buy vegetables and other food, as well as supplies for the their small shop, the nunnery’s tailoring section, for the tofu-making facility, and for the paper-recycling section.
Loading rations
Hiring or renting private cars or taxis for these regular shopping errands is both expensive and not practical. This kind of vehicle with a spacious carriage at the back is more useful and much safer than a normal rented car. Without a proper pickup truck with ample space and weight in the back, it is dangerous and difficult for the nuns to travel on the steep hills of the surrounding area.
Truck loaded with heavy rations such as flour and rice
Dolma Ling Nunnery and Institute is located in the Kangra Valley near Dharamsala, in northern India. The nuns follow a vegetarian diet.
Loading the truck with vegetables such as cabbages and cauliflower
Nuns loading mattresses for the participating Dolma Ling nuns during the annual inter-nunnery debate called the Jang Gonchoe