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| IRS990/Desc | 0 | SEE SCHEDULE OHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR TIBETAN REFUGEES IN INDIA AND NEPAL DIRECTLY SUPPORTING 100,000 BENEFICIARIES INCLUDES: 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. |
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| IRS990/MissionDesc | 0 | 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. |
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| IRS990/ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp/Desc | 0 | SEE SCHEDULE OFOR THE PAST 28 YEARS, WITH FUNDING FROM THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT FROM 1988, THE TIBET FUND'S TIBETAN SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS ENABLED 444 TIBETAN REFUGEES TO EARN MASTERS DEGREES OR ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATES AT SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S FINEST ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. THE FUND'S SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SUPPORTED 480 SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AT 41 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING 41 DISABLED CHILDREN, AND 203 MONKS AND 106 NUNS AT 20 MONASTERIES AND 14 NUNNERIES, 26 ELDERS PROGRAM IN NEPAL AND INDIA, 8 TIBETAN PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS. THE FUND ALSO SUPPORTED 35 PROFESSIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TIBETANS IN INDIA AND NEPAL AND FOR THE TIBETAN EDUCATION PROJECT (TEP), TO STRENGTHEN CAPACITY, MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TIBETAN EDUCATION SYSTEM. TIBET FUND ALSO SUPPORTED PUBLISHING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. |
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