Zheduo River flanked by Kangding's downtown. Photo: Billie Karel

Yaks take a break on a hillside above Kangding. Photo: Billie Karel

Fall yak meat market, Kangding. Photo: Synphen Wu

Tibetans in traditional Kham dress sitting on Kangding's Jiang Jun Bridge, 2001. Photo: Billie Karel

Junior 1 students look down from second floor of Junior School building, Spring 2002. Photo: Amy Chen.

View from balcony of third floor volunteer apartment, Kangding Middle School. Photo: Billie Karel

Yard at Kangding Middle School in the snow, March 2002. Photo: Billie Karel

Amy Chen and student/friend/co-worker Gu Xiao Yan at Kangding Middle School, Spring 2002. Photo: Billie Karel

Students doing their morning calisthenics, Kangding Middle School, Spring 2002. Photo: Lei Jin, Junior 3 class 2.

Just out of class, students walking through the courtyard at Kangding Middle School. Spring 2002. Photo: Yin Wei, Senior 2 class 2

Bridge behind Kangding County Minority Middle School. Photo: Amy Chen

Billie and student friends huddle around the stove on a cold winter night in the volunteer's apartment at KMS. Photo: Synphen Wu

Bathroom in second floor volunteer's apartment, KMS. Water heater above, dangling shower head, toilet in the floor. Photo: Synphen Wu

Kitchen in second floor volunteers' apartment, KMS. Photo: Synphen Wu

Junior 3 students in the classroom. Photo: Lei Jin, Junior 3 class 2.

Junior 3 students napping. Photo: Liu Hai Bo, Junior 2 class 2

Billie with student friends from the English Salon on Kangding's Jiang Jun Bridge, Spring 2002. Photo: Amy Chen

Amy and student friends Gu Xiao Yan and Kunga Jiangze resting during a walk behind the Tibetan School. Photo: Billie Karel

"Min Zu Ban" girls in Tibetan dresses, Kangding Middle School, Spring 2002. Photo: "min zu ban" classmate

Amy works with students Liu Hai Bo and Ni Li to translate a student's poems into English for the Kangding Web Project. Photo: Billie Karel

Amy surrounded by boys from the Junior 1 "min zu ban," Spring 2002. Photo: Billie Karel