Sep 03
Saturday
Gesar Fund Supports Surmang Area
The Gesar Fund collaborates with the Konchok Foundation to support education and health projects in the Surmang area. This is a translation of a report, reviewing the Gesar Fund’s activities in 2010-11, originally posted to the Gesar Fund website in Dutch.by Maarten Regtien
Help for the Earthquake
Over the last months, money has mainly been collected to help the victims of the earthquake in the province of Yushu. Thanks to the gifts we received we currently are buying tsampa, rice and cereals in Xining worth of 9000 euro. For this amount of food we’ll rent a huge truck with which we will distribute in various villages in the disaster area. Also in Xining we received various bags with (children’s) clothing and shoes, sent by the Dutch Tibet Fonds Dolma. Thanks! The contents are largely distributed amongst the poorest of families in the struck villages where we are active.
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