Help me support the Khupukha Project

Many of you will know or have heard of Thanissara and Kittisaro, two former monastics in the Ajahn Chah/Sumedho tradition who now teach as senior teachers within the lay insight meditation tradition.  But what you might not know about them is that they as well as highly gifted practitioners and teachers they are prodigiously active in community projects in their adopted home of South Africa.

Following the success of the Woza Moya programme which is now an example of best practice in rural community support, their latest outreach initiative is The Khuphuka Project – a pioneering HIV/AIDS initiative in Kwa Zulu-Natal, a very rural area of South Africa.  And London Insight, the practice community here in London which I am most aligned to has decided to raise as much money as it can to help towards the £50,000 needed to build a community outreach centre, staffed by local people, and from which its many services will be coordinated.

This rural community faces huge problems including high HIV infection rates, high levels of unemployment, many orphans and ‘at risk’ children and associated poverty.

So should you feel moved to donate even a small amount, it would be so very appreciated.  And you can do so via my justgiving fundraising page.

If you are UK-based and are a tax-payer please do remember that you can claim Gift Aid to increase the value of your donation at no extra cost to yourself. And also since the project is South Africa-based, the money is collected via The Mandala Trust, a UK-based NGO, a trustee of which is the project director of the Khupuka Project.  More details about the Trust can be found here

Thank you!  I’ll let you know how I get on.