THE TIBETAN PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN THE USA


The goal of the scholarship program is to help Tibetan scholars and professionals improve their skills and ability to benefit their communities.  A small number of nine-month to one-year scholarships are available each year for study in the United States. At the end of the program participants must return home to serve their communities.

KAP seeks applicants from all ethnically Tibetan areas of China .  Scholarship applicants must be fluent in written and spoken Tibetan, have at least 3 years of working experience and, be able to read and write as well as easily carry on a conversation in the English language.

Individuals interested in applying to this Scholarship Program in the USA may send an e-mail to: kap@khawachan.org and request more details.  Applications are being reviewed for the 2008-2009 academic year which starts in September 2008.

Since the start of the program, KAP has brought more than 90 Tibetan scholars and professionals to study English, computer skills, and other subjects at such prestigious American universities as Harvard, Brandeis, New England School of English, Rochester Institute of Technology, Temple University, the State University of New York (SUNY) and George Mason University. 













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Scholarship student in an American
University research library



University campus in New York state, USA



Scholarship student
EYE HEALTH PROGRAMS


Over 30,000 people in Tibet suffer from cataracts and other preventable eye disease and about 3,000 become blind every year.  In 1999 KAP provided funds to build an eye hospital in Lhasa and today the Lhasa Institute for Eye Care (LIEC) is the only eye hospital of its kind providing eye care including cataract surgeries, mobile eye camps in rural areas and training for ophthalmologists and eye care workers. 

While the LIEC has been successful in their work, lack of access to eye care continues to be a huge problem for a majority of Tibetans.  KAP provides funds to help expand the services of LIEC and conduct mobile eye camps to reach people in remote areas.

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Thank You and Tashi Delek!