My name is Phub Dorji and people call me Dawa because I have a twin sister Phub Zam who is called Nima. Nima and I go to school in Punakha and live with our mother. We have an elder sister who works in an office. As far as I can remember, it has always been just me and Nima with our mother and sister. When our mother could work we did not face many difficulties but she got very sick one day and had to go through an operation. She never recovered fully from that day. Nima and I used to seek help from neighbours and friends because our mother could not provide for us fully and it was very difficult.
Fortunately, our sister found work and she started helping us. But now she has her own family to look after with two children and we cannot ask any more of her because she has also done a lot for us.
So, we continue trying to live with the little we have and seek help from friends. Sometimes, I feel happy that we are born as twins because I think that we are unique but sometimes I am also very scared what will happen. We heard about Loden Foundation in 2018 and immediately Nima and I wrote our application. We went to their office in Thimphu in December 2018 and heard from Loden in one month. They said they will provide financial assistance to one of us and they said they will sponsor me because Nima is one class above me. They said that they will continue the support until I finish class 12 so they would like to support the one in lower standard. So, I got the support and Nima did not.
I heard my sponsor is someone living and working in Thimphu. Thank you my angel for supporting my education.
