Pertaining to Nalandian youths and Nalanda Youth Centre – its activities, events, camps, campaigns, etc.
Article by Ajita Lim.
On Sunday 20 April, Nalandian youths had a truly wonderful session with the new batch of National Service (NS) trainees at Nalanda Centre. Arriving half an hour earlier and catching us by surprise while we were in the midst of preparing for their programme, Nalandian youths did a great job in quickly setting things in order to welcome the NS trainees.
Read moreNalanda Youths are currently hosting the 2nd batch of National Service (NS) Trainees in 2014. Sporting their new uniforms, the 60 trainees from Semenyih Camp will be at Nalanda Centre every Sunday from 2pm – 5pm for three consecutive months.
Read moreNalandian Youth Lim Jie Sheng, who is on a 6-month student exchange program in the United States of America, got a chance to serve as a page for one day in Indiana’s Statehouse! It was a golden opportunity for Jie Sheng to experience a taste of public service in an established democracy. Read about his fabulous encounter at http://rage.com.my/content/stories/judicial-takeaway/
Read moreFor the past few weeks, Pustaka Nalanda librarians have been busy cataloging and arranging books at the new Youth Library located at Level 3 of Nalanda Youth Centre**. Before this, the Youth Library temporarily occupied ‘Sucinta Room’, which will now house the Chinese Books Section instead.
Read moreA warm send-off on 9 March marked the end of a 3-month-long Training Programme at Nalanda Centre for 56 National Service trainees from Semenyih Camp. In the eight sessions spent learning and growing together, the National Service trainees were exposed to basic understanding on Buddhism. The Nalanda programme also enabled trainees to learn important skills, values and culture that would support and serve them well throughout their lives.
Read moreAfter 3 months of renovation, the Nalanda Youth Centre was finally opened for use on Saturday, 1 March. The Youth Section and Dharma School teenagers have started using the facility since then. Nalanda Free School classes will also be shifting there in stages beginning April.
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Read moreIt was another fruitful outing for 54 National Service (NS) trainees who attended Service Sunday at Nalanda Centre on 16 February. Their arrival was warmly greeted by Nalanda youths, who have for the past two months organised a series of interesting activities which aimed at sharing basic Dhamma knowledge with the trainees.
Read moreAfter a long Lunar New Year break, participants of F.U.N. reunited for another spirited session at Nalanda Centre. This programme encourages positive interaction, learning and joy.
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