Helping in Three CountriesThe Tibetan and Mongolian people have suffered many hardships under communist control. Tibet was invaded by the People’s Republic of China and 80,000 fled for India and Nepal. Tibet has a unique expression of buddhism that can trace unbroken lineages all the way back to the time of Buddha 2500 years ago. Tibetans are working hard to preserve their religion and their many forms of cultural expression. They are also educating their youth to be conversant in a modern, increasingly inter-connected and technological world. For 50 years a form of Tibetan buddhism practised in Mongolia was repressed by that country's government. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of Soviet influence, Mongolians are free to once again to rebuild their monasteries and practice their form of buddhism. Through Gaden Relief, Tibetans and Mongolians are receiving help to preserve their culture and prepare for the future. You can help..
In Eastern Tibet is a small town called Zadoh where the people do not have access to adequate health care. Gaden Relief has begun a project to set up a health care clinic near Zadoh called Jamseng Health Clinic. We plan to work with local officials, and with the local people. We will train community health care workers and hire doctors from neighbouring cities to staff the Jamseng Health Clinic. The clinic will embrace three forms of medicine: Tibetan, Chinese and Western. A
team from Gaden Relief visited Zadoh to assess needs, survey health
problems, and network with government and health care officials
in the region. Based on the team's findings, Gaden Relief has tailored
a support program for the town and the neighbouring people. You
can help us by donating to the Zadoh Fund. Buddhism is resprouting in Mongolia after more than 50 years of government repression, and Gaden Relief is there to help. Gaden Relief has formed a committee to assist Amarbayasgalant Monastery, a five hour drive from Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. The committee helps provide basic services such as running water, food, clothing and other basic necessities for the monks. Click here for information on the Gaden Relief's Mongolia Project. Buddhist nuns have few sources of support and can afford little for food, clothing or other necessities. Health is also a serious problem: tuberculosis and malnutrition are endemic. It is also an unfortunate commonplace that nuns receive poorer education, funding and facilities than monks. Gaden Relief's Zangskar Project is funding nunneries in a remote region of northern India called Zangskar, in the state of Ladakh. Dr. Kim Gutschow of Williams College has been studying and working with the nuns of the area since 1991. Each year she brings to the nuns and other nearby nunneries such items as needed woodstoves and supplies. Click here for more information about the Zangskar Project.
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