Tibet Fund

THE FUND'S MISSION IS TO HELP TIBETANS REBUILD AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND PRESERVE THEIR DISTINCT CULTURAL HERITAGE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY.

HEALTH CARE - TIBET FUND WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES WITHIN TIBETAN COMMUNITIES IN INDIA AND NEPAL WITH THE FUNDING RECEIVED FROM USAID AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEE, AND MIGRATION. THESE COMMUNITIES ARE CONFRONTED WITH SEVERAL DIVERS AND UNIQUE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FRAGMENT THE LONG-ESTABLISHED SETTLEMENT LIFE, THEREBY THREATENING THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE TIBETAN CULTURE AND IDENTITY ITSELF. INCREASING DEMOGRAPHIC AND OVERSEAS MIGRATION TRENDS, SCATTERED COMMUNITIES, INADEQUATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, LACK OF INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, AND LACK OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD IN THE SETTLEMENTS HAVE ALL GIVEN WAY TO A NEW SET OF CHALLENGING SCENARIOS IN THE EXILED TIBETAN COMMUNITY. THE TIBET FUND PRIORITIZES STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AIMED AT REVITALIZING THE TIBETAN SETTLEMENTS AND EMPOWERING THE TIBETAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. IN ADDITION TO ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION THROUGH FUNDING AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FROM THE US GOVERNMENT AND OUR DONORS, WE WORK TO FACILITATE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AND JOB COMPETITIVENESS FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTH. WE ALSO SUPPORT LOCAL GRASSROOTS TIBETAN NGO AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS LOCAL COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND ALSO TO REINFORCE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN DELIVERING SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND WELFARE SERVICES.

EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP - FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS, WITH FUNDING FROM THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FROM 1988, THE TIBET FUND'S TIBETAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS ENABLED 466 TIBETAN REFUGEES TO EARN MASTERS DEGREES OR ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATES AT SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S FINEST ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS.($638,659) THE FUND'S SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTED 468 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AT 41 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING 48 DISABLED CHILDREN, AND 296 MONKS AND 102 NUNS AT 20 MONASTERIES AND 14 NUNNERIES, 65 ELDERS IN PROGRAMS IN NEPAL AND INDIA, AND 27 TIBETAN PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS. THE FUND ALSO SUPPORTED 33 PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND GIRLS SCHOLARSHIP FOR TIBETANS IN INDIA AND NEPAL ($316,051) IN ADDITION, TIBET FUND WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS WITH THE FUNDING RECEIVED FROM USAID AND U.S DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEE, AND MIGRATION.

CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS PRESERVATION - WITH THE FUNDING RECEIVED FROM USAID AND U.S DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEE AN MIGRATION, TIBET FUND WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES AND SUSTAINING THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA AND NEPAL. ALSO THROUGH THE PRIVATE DONATION, WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE MONKS AN NUNS OF 20 MONASTERIES AND 14 NUNNERIES. THEREBY THREATENING THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE TIBETAN CULTURE AND IDENTITY ITSELF. INCREASING DEMOGRAPHIC AND OVERSEAS MIGRATION TRENDS, SCATTERED COMMUNITIES, INADEQUATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, LACK OF INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, AND ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD IN THE SETTLEMENTS, HAVE ALL GIVEN WAY TO A NEW SET OF CHALLENGING SCENARIOS IN THE EXILED TIBETAN COMMUNITY. THE TIBET FUND PRIORITIZES STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE AIMED AT REVITALIZING THE TIBETAN SETTLEMENTS AND EMPOWERING THE TIBETAN COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. IN ADDITION TO ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION THROUGH FUNDING AND PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FROM THE US GOVERNMENT AND OUR DONORS, WE WORK TO FACILITATE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY THROUGH INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP, SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AND JOB COMPETITIVENESS OF UNEMPLOYED YOUTH. WE ALSO SUPPORT LOCAL GRASSROOTS TIBETAN NGOS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS LOCAL COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND ALSO TO REINFORCE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN DELIVERING SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND WELFARE SERVICES.