Dhamma Deepa Foundation

Our group, the Dhamma Deepa Foundation, operates out of Bordumsa in the Changlang district. We are set up at Kali Ratan Chakma’s place over in Bijoypur-I. Most of us have lived in this part of Arunachal Pradesh our whole lives, so we know how things work here. It's a small community and we try to look out for one another. We don't have a big corporate office or anything fancy like that. It is mostly just us working out of the local area to see what needs doing. Some days we are helping with small projects and other days we are just talking to people to see how they are faring. The weather in Changlang can be a bit much sometimes, especially during the rains, but we manage. We aren't some big city organization with lots of money. We are just local people. It is a quiet life here in Bordumsa and we like it that way. We spend a lot of time just being present. Sometimes people come by with questions or just to say hello. We don't have a lot of rules, we just try to be helpful when we can. It’s hard work sometimes but it feels right to be doing it here at home. We just take things one day at a time and see what happens next. There is always something that needs fixing or a person who needs a hand, so we stay pretty occupied with the little things that matter to folks.