Projects that need your support

Throughout the course of the years, TIBETFREUNDE has funded many humanitarian aid projects in India, Nepal and Tibet. Below, we would like to present some projects we helped to finance but that continue to depend on donor support and will appreciate very much your contributions.
Moreover, through contact with diverse Tibetan organizations we regularly receive project proposals which we would like to present to you below as well, so you may choose to respond to a special appeal with your gift.

Project name

Project description

Relief for newly arrived children (India)

Just arrived . . . . .

Still today between 200 to 300 children and young adults flee Tibet yearly, crossing the snowy passes of the Himalayas to reach Nepal, where, after three days stay of clarification on the part of the High Commission for Refugees, they are sent on to India. Where should these boys and girls be housed? Where should they go to school? Who will pay for all of this?
Tibetan Children's Village has tackled the problem and organizes preliminary care, provides accommodations and schooling and has created a fund for these emergencies. Any amount is appreciated.

TCV Scholarship Fund (India)

Looking ahead . . . . .

There are about 1'500 students under TCV's scholarship program, of which 440 students are without a sponsor. TCV are spending an average of Rs. 35'000 (CHF 1'000) annually for those students having no sponsor. This makes a sum of at least CHF 440'000, which lead to huge financial problems for TCV. Therefore every help is highly appreciated.

Poverty Alleviation Scheme (India)

Without words . . . . .

In accordance with Tibetan culture, children are taking care of their parents when they come on age. But, as resources are many times limited, or family is absent, a lot of elderly are living alone and in poor condition.
TIBETFREUNDE's sponsorship scheme could mediate in about 200 sponsorships for those elderly till now. But many are still on the waiting list.
For provisional help, CTRC established the "Poverty Alleviation Fund". Aim of CTRC's scheme is to provide provisionally monthly allowances for emergency cases - elderly people who are infirm and can not make their living amymore - for whom no sponsor could be found yet.

Protect Cave-Wall-Paintings (Western Tibet)

Zerstörte Buddhastatue

Rettet das Erbe der Tibeter
Zentrum des vorbuddhistischen ShangShung-Reiches - mit eigener Sprache, Schrift und der Bön-Religion - ist das Kailashgebiet in Westtibet.
In den Canyons entlang des Sutlej-Flusses (Westtibet), gibt es viele Höhlen, ja ganze Höhlenstädte. Als der Buddhismus in Tibet Fuss fasste, dienten diese als Einsiedeleien und Gebetsstätten für Yogis, Lamas und Heiligen. In ihnen sind verborgene Kunstschätze, z.B. herrliche Wandmalereien des 11. bis 14. Jahrhunderts zu finden welche heute in grosser Gefahr sind durch Verwitterung, Vandalismus und Diebstahl für immer verloren zu gehen.
Die lokale ShangShung-Kulturgesellschaft hat dem Exiltibeter Dhakpa Namgyal Ott eine Reise ins Sperrgebiet der Region Tholing (Zhada), nahe der indische Grenze, ermöglicht.
Nach dieser Bestandsaufnahme beschliessen sie gemeinsam die wichtigen historischen und künstlerischen Wandmalereien in den Felsenhöhlen zu schützen.
Dringende Schutzmassnahmen:
Fehlende Schutzwände müssen wieder aufgebaut, das Eindringen von Regenwasser gestoppt und die Dächer dicht gemacht werden. Als Diebstahlschutz ist das Anbringen von Sicherheitstüren nötig.
Von diesen Schutzmassnahmen sollen vorerst 20 Felsenklöster und -höhlen in Westtibet profiteren. Möglicherweise gelingt es die ShangShung-Kultutgesellschaft damit rund 1000 m2 Bildwerke zu schützen.
Für die Schützmassnahmen wurde ein Kostenvoranschlag gemacht, welcher einen Ausgabenaufwand von CHF 50'000.- vorsieht.
Die Beschaffung der finanziellen Mittel ist bereits angelaufen und die Umsetzung der Schutzmassnahmen soll ohne Verzug im Sommer 2008 erfolgen.
Geschätzte Leser, liebe Tibetfreunde, helfen Sie bitte mit, die einzigartige Wandmalereien der Felsenhöhlen Westtibets als kulturelles Erbe der Tibeter zu erhalten.
Für weitere Auskünfte wenden Sie sich bitte an dhakpa_namgyelott@hotmail.com

Home for old and infirm Tibetans, Kollegal Tibetan Settlement (India)

The largest group of Tibetan refugees has settled in the south of India. Many elderly people whose families also live in poverty or who are alone are dependent on aid.

The retirement home in Kollegal welcomes needy persons relieving them of their financial worries and gives them a feeling of security. We are looking for sponsors who are willing to support in the running cost of the home.

Tibetan Delek Hospital, Dharamsala (India)

Despite numerous financial challenges that the hospital has encountered over the years, Delek hospital, from its inception in 1971 on, has so far succeeded in providing primary health care services to both Tibetan and local Indian communities in Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, and the residence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
The services provided include pre and post natal care, immunisation, health education, general practice, eye care, TB clinic and torture victim clinic.
This has all been made possible by the continuous financial support that they have received from many individual donors, non-governmental organizations and governments. However, the future sustainability of Delek 's work as an institution remains uncertain and financial vulnerability calls for serious attention.
Therefore new sponsors are terribly needed.
Apart from financial support for the present, they feel a strong need to create a Corpus Fund for the long-term stability and smooth running of the hospital.

Sherab Choeling Institute, Spiti, India

The Sherab Choeling Institute is a small and poor nunnery in a desolate part of Northern India.
Some of the nuns (at the moment about 20) found a sponsorship via our organization.
But infrastructure is extremely poor. Donations are asked for the construction of 15 additional nuns quarters

Manjushri Di-Chen Buddhist Learning Center, Pharping, Nepal

The Manjushri Di-Chen Buddhist Learning Center, located near Kathmandu, has been founded in 1996 by Ven. Drubthop Rinpoche - born 1929 in Tibet. Presently the school is the home for 45 monk-students, 6-18 years old. In order to secure the long-term continuation of the scool, a foundation has been established. This foundation has the aim to give the school a base for the future, in order to support the demanding training for the preservation of the Tibetan culture and religion.

PEMA TS'AL SAKYAPA Kloster, Hyamja, Pokhara, Nepal

Das Kloster an wunderbarer Lage am Fusse des Annapurna-Massivs beherbergt 53 Mönchs-Studenten im Alter von 8-22 Jahren aus dem Königreich Mustang. Wir helfen mit die Grundbedürfnisse zu decken um einen vernünftigen Lebensstandard zu erreichen.
Laufende Projekte sind:

1. "Zvieri" (Nachmittags-Imbiss wie Tsampa, Früchte, tibetische Momos, Milch, Rohgemüse/ jährlich CHF 3'300 od. 18 Rappen je Person und Tag).

2. "Dhal Bhat" (Zukauf von monatlich 60 kg Linsen, 50 kg Soyabohnen, 50 kg rote Bohnen und Saisongemüse / monatlich CHF 200 od. 12 Rappen je Person und Tag).

3. "Erste-Hilfe-Apotheke" (eingeführt von Steffi + Benjamin; betreut durch Lama Ngwawang Choedup).

4. "Winterkleidung" (Strickwaren wie Socken, Mützen und Fausthandschuhe in DUNKELROTer Farbe).

5. "Schulbetrieb" (Lehrmittel, Hefte und Schreibstifte, Aufbau einer Bibliothek).

6. "Spenden für Gebetszeremonien/Pujas" (Kerzen, farbiger Mandala-Sand, ...).

Mehr Informationen über Projekten und Patenschaften kriegen Sie via e-mail an Martin Zurbrügg (tinytini68@bluewin.ch).

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