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The Gesar Fund
Surmang Europe Foundation Becomes Gesar Fund
The “Gesar Fund” is a new name for the European foundation within the Shambhala Mandala that supports medical and educational projects in Tibetan areas. We recently broadened our activities beyond Surmang to Kham and Golok and extended them beyond just health care to include education.
We have offered our services to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in choosing our projects in the area of health care and education in Kham and Golok. This is due to the connection of Sakyong Mipham and Khandro Tseyang with – and responsibility for – people in Kham and Golok.
In order to express our connection to the Shambhala mandala, we chose a new name for our foundation: Gesar Fund. This name reflects the Shambhala view of taking care of physical and social well being as part of creating enlightened society. We are pleased to announce two new projects for which we are fundraising. Continue…