Sponsorships for Tibetan needy elderly people
in India and Nepal

India

Needy elderly people in India through the Central Tibetan Relief Committee (CTRC), Dharamsala, India (code=TFS)

According to Tibetan tradition, the elderly and the ill are cared for by their own families. However there are many difficult cases in which the families themselves live in extreme poverty or where elderly people find themselves alone. And here we really need your help!
The Central Tibetan Relief Committee (CTRC) from the Department of Home of the exiled Tibetan government in Dharamsala welcomes needy elderly people within a relief program in which Sponsors are located for them. We have worked with this organization for many years.
The sponsorship fee amounts to CHF 180 - to CHF 360.- per year (ca. € 110.- to € 220.- or US$ 150.- to US$ 300.-) which you can wire directly to India. The CTRC secretariat is sending you after receipt of your payment a letter of appreciation and a receipt.

If you would like to sponsor a needy elderly person please fill out your name and address in the Application Form, click on the button "For an elderly Tibetan" and enter the above mentioned code in the comments field of the Application Form. Subsequently, please click the submit button and we will contact you at our earliest convenience and provide you with a life history, a photograph and information about the way of payment transfer.

You can also contact us directly by sending an e-mail to the coordinator of this Sponsorship Program: samra.losinger@bluewin.ch

Below we would like to introduce you one elderly who urgently needs help. If you would like to contribute to the support of this person please add hiss roll number in the comments field on our Application Form.

Roll number: TFS386     Name: Tenzin Youdon     Date of birth: 1939
School education: Non     Language(s): Tibetan
Previous occupation: Nun
State of health: old age health problems
Marital status: single   
Patenschaftsgeld pro Jahr: CHF 180 (ca. € 150).

Tenzin Youdon is an ordinated nun, but not connected to a nunnery.
She is practising her dharma and tries to earn her living by
helping people in the settlement.
But her age (72) is preventing to do much. She has no family
taking care of her.

Neighbours are helping a bit, but some extra support from
outside - just for food and medicines - would take quite a
lot of worries for her away.

Nepal

Tibetan Women's Wefare Group, Nepal (Kode=TWWG)

Since early 1997, the Tibetan Woman's Welfare Group in Kathmandu is taking care for a Home for Elderly in Swayambhu/Kathmandu. The home is meant for Tibetan elderly without family and without financial resources.
Through the years Verein TIBETFREUNDE could arrange a number of sponsorships (presently 43) for this home, so helping to guarantee that those people can grow old in dignity and without too much financial problems anymore.
Coordinator: Rachel Klauser (rachel.klauser@gmail.com)

Lodrik Welfare Fund, Pokhara, Nepal (Kode=LWF)

Children and elderly Tibetans live in the Jampaling Tibetan Refugee Settlement. The majority of the older Tibetans were freedom fighters in Loe-Mustang, near the Nepalese/Tibetan border. In 1975, the Nepalese government assigned a parcel of land to the refugees. Over the years homes for over 60 families were built. The first school buildings were built in 1981/82 and more than 240 children (between ages 10 and 12) go to school there. A nursing home was founded for elderly Tibetans. Since most of them have no family they live together there.
Coordinator: Beatrice Güdel (beatriceguedel@bluewin.ch)


The sponsorship fee for an elderly in Nepal amounts to between CHF 400.- (TWWG) and CHF 420.- (LWF) (= ca. € 240.- to € 260.- or US$ 330.- to US$ 340.-) per year. This amount is covering food, clothing, shelter and medication.
The amount for the elderly in Nepal can be remitted to our sponsorship account in Switzerland and we will take care of the administration and forward the sum to the specified elderly with no deductions.
If you decide to contribute to the support of an elderly from one of the organizations in Nepal mentioned aboveo, please fill out your name and address in our Application Form, check the box "For an elderly Tibetan" and insert the above-mentioned code of the organization of your choice in the comments field. Click the submit button and we will contact you promptly and provide you with further information.

You can also contact the coordinators directly via e-mail.

Many thanks ! !

Roll number: TFS386     Name: Tenzin Youdon     Date of birth: 1939
School education: Non     Language(s): Tibetan
Previous occupation: Nun
State of health: old age health problems
Marital status: single   
Patenschaftsgeld pro Jahr: CHF 180 (ca. € 150).

Tenzin Youdon is an ordinated nun, but not connected to a nunnery.
She is practising her dharma and tries to earn her living by
helping people in the settlement.
But her age (77) is preventing to do much. She has no family
taking care of her.

Neighbours are helping a bit, but some extra support from
outside - just for food and medicines - would take quite a
lot of worries for her away.