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PAY ONLINE as a RECURRING PAYMENT (select 1 option)
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Click here for sponsorship form (in pdf format) to print, fill out and mail with your check or money order.
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SPONSOR A TIBETAN ELDER:
THE TSERING ELDER HOME
Sponsorship is $30 a month or $360 a year per person for food, shelter, health care and education. Your sponsorship is set up as a recurring gift at the level of support indicated. You may end the payments at any time in the future should you decide to stop sponsorship.
Please select the individual you wish to sponsor, choose your payment option, enter the information requested and select "Sponsor Now" to continue.
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One hundred percent (100%) of the funds you send to The Tibet Fund for sponsorship goes directly to the earmarked institution or individual.
After you make your sponsorship donation, please also consider a General Donation at whatever level you wish so that we may continue this work. Thank You!
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Elders in Need of Sponsorship
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Jorgyal
Date of Birth:1938, Sho Tha Lo Sum
Jorgyal was a monk in Shota-Lho Monatery,Tibet. He worked on road construction in Tibet. In 1979 he excaped and worked as a gate deeper in Nepal. He has knee problems and cannot work. He has no one to take care of and was admitted at Tsering Elder's Home.
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Rabten
Date of Birth:1933, Dheke
Rabten came into exile in 1985 and worked as gate keeper in a carpet factory, Nepal. Due to poor health, he can no longer work. Being single with no one to take care of him, he was admitted to Tsering's Home.
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Dorjee Rabten
Date of Birth: 1935, Kherten
Rabten lived at the Tibetan settlement in Mustang, Nepal for almost 25 years doing agricultural work and from Mustang he came to Tserok, Nepal settlement and stayed ten years. After his wife expired, he was sent to Tsering elders Home. He was alone and too old to work and has no one to take care of him.
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Gyaltsen
Date of Birth: 1933, Lhokha
Gyalsen joined Dapche Tibetan Military camp at the age of 18 in Year 1950. After Chinese occupation in 1959. He came to India and stayed at Baksa Refugee camp and worked in road construction for two years. He joined army EST 22 till 1986. His wife passed away. He has one son, who could not take care of him. He was admitted to the Home.
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Yeshi Kongtsa
Date of Birth: 1949, Pharping
Yeshi served at EST 22 for few years. He settled at Kathmandu and worked as cook at Phengyaling Monastery for many years. Due to his poor health and alone. He has no one to look after him and was admitted and taken care by the Tsering Elder's Home.
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Lobsang Tenzin
Date of Birth: 1949, Labchi
Lobsang came into exile when he was ten. His parents settled at tso-sham and he was helping his parents. Lobsang has two children, both of them are admitted at TCV School in India. He is alone and was admitted at Tsering Elder's Home.
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Karma Ngawang
Date of Birth: 1936, Shungru
Karma came into exile in Year 1959. He joined Mustang Guerilla army and served there for many years. Later he came to Pokhara and worked as security guard at Hotel Mt. Annapurna Pokhara for almost 20 years and retired from the job. He worked as a cook in the monastery at Tashiling Tibetan camp for almost 5 years. Because of his old age and he has no lone to look after. Through the recommendation from Tashiling Tibetan Office, he was admitted at Tsering Elder's Home
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Sonam
Date of Birth:1943, Lhasa
Sonam settled in Kalimpong, India. He had served as Government of India employee as an Army of 22ET from 1969 to 1991. He married and had daughter and two sons. After the retirement from Army, he worked in Tea Industry. He moved to Nepal and worked in Carpet factory. He separated from his wife and his children went with their mother. He was alone and was admitted at Tsering Elders Home.
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Tashi Tsering
Date of Birth:1932, Nubri
Tashi joined Indian army EST 22 where he served for 16 years. After the retirement, he went to Dharamsala to meet his only brother and stayed with him for one year and then came to Nepal. He was admitted together to the Home in April 2011.
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Norbu
Date of Birth:1939, Pha Dhuk
Norbu was sentenced for three years jail in Tibet. When he was released from prison he escaped and reached Nepal through Solukhumbu boarder in Year 1983. He settled at Delekling Tibetan refugee camp. Due to his old age and he has no family to look after him. He is admitted at Tsering Elders Home on May 1st, 2011.
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Namgyal
Date of Birth:1940, Shangru, Tibet
Namgyal was admitted on June 17, 2011 at Elder's Home. He and his relatives settled in Dolpo, remote part of Nepal for many years. He came to Pokhara and worked as a porters and servants for few years. Later he found a cook job at SOS Vocational center and served till he suffered from mental illness. Due to his health condition and has no family to look after. His neighbors supported him. The Settlement officer requested the Elders Home to enrolled Namgyal.
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Tsundu
Date of Birth:1933, Lhasa, Tibet
Tsundu served as Tibetan Army in Dapche Tibetan Military camp in Tibet. He fled to India with group in ITV Army block. He served there till he retired. He stayed with his family in Tibetan Settlement in South India and spends his life by farming. In Year 2000 he and his wife came to Kathmandu and after few years later his wife passed away. He was alone getting financial help from his children. He is admitted at Tsering Elders Home on July 2012 with recommendation from the Tibetan Refugee Welfare office.
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Choesang
Date of Birth:1933, Tadun, Tibet
Choeyang had spent almost decade in Mustang and earned his livelihood by daily paid laborer. During the period, he lost all of his family members due to lack of health services and of poverty. He moved to Kathmandu with some hope and got job in Shekkar Monastery and served till his admission to Tsering Elders Home with recommendation from the Tibetan Refugee Welfare office.
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Yeshi Norbu
Date of Birth:1925, Lho Doro, Tibet
Yeshi came to exile at age thirty two. He stayed in Bandara Tibetan Settlement. There he went does religious offering to the communities. He came to Kathmandu, Nepal and admitted as a monk in one of the Tibetan monastic at Boudha. He has been lived there till he admitted at Tsering Elders Home through the recommendation of the Welfare officer.
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Dolma
Date of Birth:1930, Toe-Lhadrang, Tibet
Dolma escaped Tibet after her husband was sentenced by Chinese troops. She came to Mustang, Nepal with her brother and son. After two years they moved to Manang. She had lost her only son at age nine and was serving her brother, who was meditating in cave for whole years. After passing of his brother, she was admitted at Elders home through the recommendation from the Welfare Office of Manang.
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Ngawang Palden
Date of Birth:1942, Gyalnor
Ngawang escaped to
Nepal
in 1979 and worked at the carpet factory as a packer, general helper and gatekeeper. He has children in
Tibet
but has not seen them for over for 28 years. Due to his age he wasn't able to work any longer and had no income. He was admitted to the Home where he helps other residents when they become sick.
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