Darnkow, 12th of March 2003

Dear Friends in Dharma,


Now in Darnków slowly spring starts. So, like every Year when days are warmer we start works in gompa building. As you remember, before winter we put windows in whole gompa building. Now we start with wooden floor in the main gompa, we want to finish the floor before the first retreat in May.

Thanks to our sponsors we have money for this. But also we would like to finish works inside toilet - shower complex, we need to put glaze on the walls in shower cabins and around wash basins where is direct contact with water, and of course on the floor. It is necessary to protect walls against water. To make this we need 10.000 zloty. (it is 100 sq. m of floor and 130 sq. m of walls). It will be the last step to have whole complex ready (in the autumn we made the final roof cover, windows were done, the first outside plaster was done, now we are making ceiling and when will be warm enough we will make final outside plasters).

Second necessary thing to finish is a roof cover on the gompa building. What we have now is only provisional cover made from tar. To keep gompa good protect from water, we need to make final roof cover. It will cost about 40.000 zloty, and we should make it this Year. If we wont have enough money to do this, we will have to repair the tar we have now. It is possible to keep it one year more, but it will cost about few thousands zloty to repair it and it wont be ideal, because we need to make also gutters and this is not possible without making the final roof cover.

Without your financial support we are not able to do it. Each donation, even the smallest one is a step further. Each zloty offered makes our plans more real. We appreciate any of your kind donations.

If you would like to know more, or are interested in more detailed information, please contact me at: +48 601 35 77 76, +48 74 868 88 22 or e-mail: khordong (ad) poczta.onet.pl

The Khordong Association's Bank account:

Zwiàzek Buddyjski Khordong
Bank PKO BP S.A. oddz. Kudowa Zdrój
97 10205112 127680244

We appreciate any help.

On behalf of sangha
Anna Siwecka
President of Khordong Association

khordong <khordong (ad) poczta.onet.pl>

Dear all,

further to Ania's request I want to remind you of the German Khordong account number which we opened especially for the Darnkow project. If you pay your donations into this account you can receive a receipt and tax reduction as the association has social welfare status. This is certain for Germany, other countries please check with you tax department.

Special bank account for Khordong Dharma Centre "Drophan Ling" in Darnków:
Khordong e.V., Konto-Nr.: 324755801, BLZ: 10070024, Deutsche Bank
IBAN: DE56100700240324755801 BIC/SWIFT-Code: DEUTDEDBBER

Much love to all of you,
Gudrun


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