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Our Mission: helping the people of the eastern Tibetan plateau

Our Legacy:

Sponsorship of 170 children to complete middle school, high school, and/or college
Training of 79 village midwives of whom 45 were still working in the health care profession in 2009 resulting in 412 infant deaths prevented thru 2009
Vocational training for 99 people in construction trades resulting in substantial and documented increased employment opportunities and income
Distribution of 1,090 wheelchairs to needy disabled people
Conservation and repair of three historic structures; cleaning and conservation of three sets of historic Buddhist wall paintings
Development of a writing system and elementary textbook for the Minyak language and training for eight primary school teachers in how to use the textbook
Publication or purchase of hearly 60,000 Tibetan language children's books for distribution to rural schools
Renovation of dilapidated teacher quarters at eight schools
Construction of a stone arch bridge at Egu township to support economic recovery after a devastating earthquake
Relief and assistance to victims of the Sichuan and Yushu earthquakes;
Grants and assistance to rural schools and health clinics
Support for handicraft business development
Construction of 13 greenhouses for rural schools