TIBET FUND
241 EAST 32ND STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10016 www.tibetfund.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE FUND'S MISSION IS TO HELP TIBETANS REBUILD AND IMPROVE THEIR LIVES AND PRESERVE THEIR DISTINCT CULTURAL HERITAGE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY. THE FUND SUPPORTS HUMANITARIAN AID, HEALTH, EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS THAT SERVE IMPOVERISHED TIBETANS LIVING IN EXILE AND TIBETANS IN TIBET.

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

THE CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION IS FACED WITH THE TWO PRINCIPAL TASKS OF REHABILITATING NEWLY-ARRIVED REFUGEES FROM TIBET AND EMPOWERING THE TIBETAN COMMUNITY IN EXILE. DESPITE BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL REFUGEE COMMUNITY, THE EXILE TIBETAN COMMUNITY TODAY IS CONFRONTED WITH SEVERAL DIVERSE 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 ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD IN THE SETTLEMENTS, HAVE ALL GIVEN WAY TO A NEW SET OF CHALLENGING SCENARIOS IN THE EXILE 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.

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA AND NEPAL DIRECTLY SUPPORTING 100,000 BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE: 1. RECEPTION AND REHABILITATION SERVICES IN NEW DELHI AND DHARAMSALA FOR NEWLY-ARRIVED TIBETAN REFUGEES; 2. PROVIDING HEALTH CARE, HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING, AND SANITATION/CLEAN WATER PROJECTS TO LONG-STAYING TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA, INCLUDING FOR TB TREATMENT AND SCREENINGS, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, AND HOSPITALIZATIONS; DEVELOPMENT OF A MEDICARE SYSTEM AND A HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM; 3. EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR TIBETAN REFUGEE CHILDREN IN INDIA AND NEPAL; CAREER COUNSELING FOR STUDENTS IN INDIA; AND STIPENDS FOR STUDENTS IN TRADITIONAL LEARNING CENTERS IN INDIA; AND 4. IN NEPAL, HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING FOR TIBETAN REFUGEES, AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR HEALTH WORKERS IN 14 CLINICS.

FOR THE PAST 31 YEARS, WITH FUNDING FROM THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FROM 1988, THE TIBET FUND'S TIBETAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS ENABLED 452 TIBETAN REFUGEES TO EARN MASTERS DEGREES OR ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATES AT SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S FINEST ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. THE FUND'S SPONSERSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTED 524 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AT 41 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING 54 DISABLED CHILDREN, AND 195 MONKS AND 102 NUNS AT 20 MONASTERIES AND 14 NUNNERIES, 71 ELDERS PROGRAM IN NEPAL AND INDIA, AND 7 TIBETAN PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS. THE FUND ALSO SUPPORTED 47 PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS IN INDIA AND NEPAL AND FOR THE TIBETAN EDUCATION PROJECT (TEP) FUNDED BY USAID, TO STRENGTHEN CAPACITY, MANAGEMENT, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIBETAN EDUCATION SYSTEM. TIBET FUND ALSO SUPPORTED PUBLISHING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

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