Tibet Aid

02/09/2025

From the Tibet Fund:

The abrupt suspension of government funding threatens to cause the collapse of essential healthcare infrastructure, disrupt education systems, and cause widespread economic distress in the 54 Tibetan settlements we serve across India and Nepal. Critical programs at immediate risk include:

Healthcare Infrastructure
Primary healthcare access for 70,000+ refugees
Life-saving treatment for 300+ patients with communicable diseases
Essential care for 130+ chronic illness patients
Mental health services for 120+ refugees
Maternal care for high-risk pregnancies

Education Services
Higher education funding for 590+ university students
Basic education for 10,000+ K-12 students
Professional development and vocational training programs

Economic Stability
Support for 600+ small businesses run by vulnerable families
Basic assistance for 180+ disabled refugees and political prisoner families
Sustenance for 560+ destitute monks and nuns

Cultural Heritage
Programs safeguarding the Tibetan language, arts, and cultural heritage, which remain under threat from systemic erasure and forced assimilation inside Tibet.

We know many of you have been following the news, and wanted you to be aware of how severely the withdrawal of U.S. funding may affect our ability to support Tibetans in the months and years ahead.

07/13/2024

How many disabled presidents has led the United States ably? (I'd say maybe Abe Lincoln, too....)

Maybe someday we'll all acknowledge and speak about disability as something about as important as the state where you were born!

07/03/2024

Big doings in a little nation in 1776!

Likely the United States' first woman employee, this newspaper publisher was a key figure in promoting the ideas that fomented the Revolution

04/30/2024

This seems pretty cool, although perhaps not invading and not conquering would be a better introduction to caring for our human neighbors....? File under needing to start somewhere, I suppose?

By Steven Scarpa, Associate Director of Marketing and Communications The Cyrus Cylinder, sometimes called “the first charter of human rights,” is currently on display at the Yale Peabody Museum through the end of June. The piece, on loan from the British Museum, helps the Peabody Museum engage i...

04/25/2024

The Southern Poverty Law Center points to some wonderful, memorable parts of southern history!

Those who glorify the Confederacy as “Southern heritage” obscure a rich Southern history that is not about white supremacy.

04/06/2024

This April, celebrate the strengths of Southern Heritage -- and the miracle of peaceful change!

Thank you, Southern Poverty Law Center!

Those who glorify the Confederacy as “Southern heritage” obscure a rich Southern history that is not about white supremacy.

04/06/2024

One more day -- the day that could be the day a new path emerges out of pain and trauma!

The billboards and scare campaigns do nothing. A different approach might.

03/05/2024

To respond intelligently, we need to look at situations like this carefully and thoughtfully. This first in a series piece starts us powerfully along that road...

The risk of nuclear conflict is rising. It’s time for the world to pull itself back from the edge.

05/20/2023

Where we put our intentions, there is our heart!

A growing body of neuroscience research shows that meditation can make us better to each other.

05/20/2023

Where we put our attention, there is our heart!

A growing body of neuroscience research shows that meditation can make us better to each other.

10/02/2022

Looks like Facebook has restored control of this page to Tibet Aid!

We have suffered difficulties during the pandemic, with the loss of life of one of our staff and lost contact with important consultants. We have continued our support, nonetheless, of Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal, helping children, elders, monks, nuns, and families.

We are happy to be gaining momentum in 2022!

06/30/2019

Should we be concerned about the comments His Holiness the Dalai Lama made about the appearance of a female successor?

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dalai-lama-female-successor-attractive_n_5d162d45e4b07f6ca57c75b8

Having a female successor is no small matter, so it is possible that His Holiness is taking the focus off the important matter by these odd comments on an unimportant factor. Or perhaps he is simply stating a time-limited, historically constrained fact: in today's times, being attractive seems more important to many people than being deeply enlightened.

Most likely, in my opinion, is that he Is saying, with his usual impish humor, that he will do better in terms of appearance in the incarnation he chooses ... next time!

The Buddhist leader also rehashed past controversial comments about refugees in his latest BBC interview.