Stories from our Girls Fellowship Recipients print story

February 20, 2012

Pentok Institute , China

Pakmo Tar
“My teacher once told my mother that out of all my classmates, I have great potential to be a university student. I also hope that I would be a university student in the future. I hope you can continue to support me with my study. I will repay your help with hard work at school.”----- Pakmo Tar
“I was almost heartbroken whenever I saw my girl sobbing in the corner of our house because I wanted her to stop school, as we couldn’t afford the school expenses and sometimes I needed her help with some house chores.”--- Pakmo Tar’s mother

Pakmo Tar is 14 years old and comes from the Mukbo region. She has no father and her mother cares for her 4 children herself. She is illiterate but feels it is important for her children to go to school. She owns 100 mu of grassland but owns no livestock of her own. She earns about 9,000 RMB each year, yet the family expenses are roughly 12,000 RMB.

Pakmo Tar (b. 1998) has been in school for a total of 5 years, although due to family financial conditions, she was forced to drop out of school for one year so she missed third grade. Her return to school was sponsored by one of Pentok’s long-term donors, and she caught up quickly and jumped into the fourth grade. She is now a Grade Five student at Xinghai Tibetan Primary Boarding School. While talking to her about her experience, she said, “I love studying at school; studying is more fun and way easier than herding livestock on the grassland.”

Pakmo Tar's dream is to be a doctor, not just because everybody thinks being a doctor is a common life goal or achievement, but because she is willing to be devoted to community service work in the future. She noticed that villagers suffer from being sick in this village and many cannot access immediate medical treatment. This situation always makes her sad for the community members but encourages her to work hard in school.

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