Dear Volunteer,

Thank you so much for helping the nuns! When you are ready to go home, it would be very kind of you to fill out this questionnaire. Since communications to the Jamyang Foundation projects is often quite difficult, we will be grateful for news about the projects and your experiences.

Your input is extremely valuable. Especially if you have had any problems, we will appreciate your letting us know, so that we can avoided such problems in the future.

We sincerely hope your volunteer experience has been fun and worthwhile. We hope to hear from you soon.

May all beings be happy!

Best wishes,
The Staff of Jamyang Foundation

Questionnaire

Name:	_________________________________
Address:	_________________________________
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Country:	_________________________________
Phone:	_________________________________

1. Present occupations/distractions/interesting activities:

2. At which school did you volunteer?

3. How long did you volunteer?

4. What did you teach?

5. What, if any, were your other volunteer activities?

6. Was your time at the monastery fulfilling? Please comment.

7. What aspects of your stay were most and least enjoyable?

8. What classes did you teach?

9. What was your impression of the students?

10. Are there any health problems or other problems we should be aware of?

11. Did you stay for the amount of time you had planned to stay? More? Less? What influenced your decision to stay or to leave?

12. During your stay at the monastery, was there any confusion about scheduling, cultural expectations, or anything else?

13. Do you speak Tibetan or any Indian language? Did this affect your experience?

14. Did you have any prior teaching experience or training? If no, do you think that it would have helped? If yes, did it seem to help?

15. Were enough teaching materials available to you? What do you think the school needs more of?

16. Do you have any suggestions for future volunteers’ packing lists?

17. What information or advice do you wish you’d had before going?

18. Do you have any suggestions about how we can help the volunteers, and also attract more volunteers?

19. Anything else you would like to tell us? Advice? Memories? Stories?

Thank you very much for your input!