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Nunnery Bread, Nomadic Families – HIGHLIGHT
An update on recent activities by local volunteers for the Gesar Fund from An van Bolhuis, Eric Elbers, Nyima Kunga, Martin Regtien, and Han de Wit The hamlet of Gaduo is 75 km from Dönda, shown on the map below. A nunnery is located in Gaduo, but ... continuePosted December 3, 2017 by CGH
Gesar Fund: Reports and Contracts – HIGHLIGHT
In this Gesar Fund update we explain all those odd-looking reports and contracts that you may have seen in past articles by Gesar Fund staff members You might have noticed it over the past few years: every Gesar Fund update includes photographs, and in amongst the photos of ... continuePosted June 26, 2017 by CGH
More Visitors for the Gesar Centre – HIGHLIGHT
An update of progress on Gesar Fund projects and community building near Yushu by Gesar Fund staff members As in 2015-2016 the past winter of 2016-2017 was extremely severe on the altiplano of Yushu. Especially for the elderly, it was possible to leave the house only in the last ... continuePosted May 15, 2017 by CGH
Beautiful Ornaments – HIGHLIGHT
In the community of Dönda, Tibetan region of the Yushu Prefecture, a new stupa rises above the roof by staff at the Gesar Fund The new shrine room at the Gesar Community Centre now has a new stupa and a new prayer wheel. The older “before” picture was taken ... continuePosted January 6, 2017 by CGH
Teaching and Learning at Surmang – HIGHLIGHT
News from the Education Project Just before Christmas, the Gesar Fund received a message from the Konchok Foundation, which is supported by the Gesar Fund with some 5000 euros per year. In the Gesar Fund 2014 Summary we already reported that things would change in the education programs ... continuePosted January 14, 2016 by CGH
Self-Sufficiency Bears Fruit – HIGHLIGHT
Update from the Gesar Fund Interview with Nyima Kunga by Maarten Regtien “A dream has come true!” Every year Gesar Fund’s board member Nyima Kunga travels to Donda and Yushu in the Kham district for the Gesar Fund Checking our Aid campaign. He just returned this week and we spoke ... continuePosted September 30, 2015 by
Meeting our Ling Family in Kham – HIGHLIGHT
Gesar Fund Update article by Acharya Han de Wit Gesar Fund boardmember Nyima Kunga was recently joined by boardmember and Shambhala teacher Acharya Han de Wit and his wife Ineke, founder of the Gesar Fund Foundation for a journey to Kham in Tibet to check on the aid ... continuePosted January 19, 2015 by
An Unforgettable Trip to Tibet – HIGHLIGHT
UPDATE: From the Gesar Fund by Eric Elbers The Gesar Fund Foundation, based in the Netherlands, focuses on alleviating poverty, stimulating education and fostering health in the Tibetan region of Kham (including Surmang, the location of the monasteries of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche) and in the region of Golok. ... continuePosted October 6, 2013 by
Musical Quintessence and Breath – HIGHLIGHT
Surprise Concert for Shastri Hans Zwart On July 13, 2012, an extraordinary event took place at the Amsterdam Shambhala Centre. Five sonnets, written by Shastri Hans Zwart during a difficult period in his life, were set to music as a classical song cycle and performed live by ... continuePosted December 31, 2012 by
Gesar’s General Store – HIGHLIGHT
Update on the Gesar Fund Interview with Acharya Han de Wit, co-chairman of the Gesar Fund board, about the latest developments in Donda (Kham region, Tibet) by Maarten Regtien, Chief Editor of the Dutch Drala Magazine Han, during the last meeting of the board – before we even had ... continuePosted May 2, 2012 by
Wonderful Perfect: Interview with Gesar Fund’s Nyima Kunga – HIGHLIGHT
by Maarten Regtien, editor of the dutch Drala Magazine Nyima Kunga, from Chindu, Tibet, is a board member of the Gesar Fund. Each year in the summer he, his wife and son travel to Tibet, not only to reunite with family, but also to check on whether ... continuePosted September 4, 2011 by
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 ... continuePosted September 3, 2011 by
The Gesar Fund – HIGHLIGHT
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 ... continuePosted August 2, 2009 by