The Tibet Fund
241 E. 32 St.
NY, NY 10016
Ph: 212.213.5011
Fax: 212.213.1219

Email: tibetfund
@tibetfund.org

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In 1994 The Tibet Fund established its Program in Tibet to better assist in health, education and small economic development activities inside Tibet. Working primarily with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Program has launched small, well-managed programs in Tibet to address the neglected medical, educational and economic needs of the Tibetan people. Some of the Program's main areas of work are described below. To support any of the programs below please see our How You Can Help page. Our main areas of work include:

The Tibetan Professional, Education and Cultural Exchange Scholarship Program in the USA
In 1998 Tibet Fund began the Tibetan Scholarship Program in the USA to support students from Tibet in their research and study of English, computer skills, and other subjects. In the past seven years, Tibet Fund has brought 57 students to the US. Of these 57 students, 42 have completed their programs of study and 35 have returned home and are serving Tibetan communities in all areas of Tibet. A number of students have received independent scholarships and are continuing with further study after the ending of Tibet Fund's support. Eight students have received MBA, MS, MA, BA or AA degrees.

This scholarship program targets Tibetan scholars and professionals, who are fluent in written and spoken Tibetan, are proficient in the English language and have at least 3 years of experience working to serve the Tibetan people. 

Health Care
Over 30,000 people in Tibet suffer from cataract blindness, and about 3,000 become blind every year. Tibet Fund has provided funds to construct an eye care hospital and continues to support work to help eradicate blindness in Tibet with traveling eye camps which give cataract removal operations to thousands of Tibetans. While these eye camps have been successful in restoring the sight of some, they cannot address some of the other problems caused by lack of access to eye care. There is a great need to train Tibetan ophthalmologists in both medical and surgical care. To this end, the Program has provided funding for several Tibetan doctors to receive surgical training in Nepal. In order to help Tibetans find a long- term solution to cataract blindness, the Program has also provided funding to build and furnish an eye care center in Lhasa.

Orphanages

Chushul Orphanage Home. In 1999 the Tibet Fund's Program financed the building of the Chushul Home, an orphanage outside Lhasa, to provide a home for twenty-four children. Since it's founding, the Program provides funds each year for the maintenance of the Chushul Orphanage.  Children attend the local primary school and when they graduate from primary school, they attend middle and high school in nearby townships. At three students have completed secondary school and are attending universities in China..

Waka Orphanage, The Program sends funds annually to the Waka Orphanage which cares for 30 children including 12 orphans from Ganzi in Kham in the eastern part of Tibet.

Poor Snow Land School in Golok. This orphanage is in a remote area officially recognized as being one of the poorest counties in Tibet. The Tibet Fund's Program supports fifteen of the schools sixty-two orphans.   The founder of the Orphanage is in the process of adding a health clinic to the orphanage.

English Language and Computer Training Program, There is great interest in learning English among Tibetans in Tibet and China. Some study English in order to qualify for advanced studies such as Ph.D. programs, some to teach English in secondary schools and others to improve their employment opportunities. The Program has supported English language and computer training programs in Beijing, Chengdu and Dhartsedo by providing $1,000 per student per year. To date, over 300 Tibetan students, professionals and officials have either received training or are currently undergoing English language training in the three programs listed above.  .