Gar Relief Inc.

“Expenses gar tajuk elementary meal 1,693 bandurya clinic 1,650 achi elder care 4,158 bank charges 84 paypal charges 33 total 7,618”

“Accounts payable and accrued expenses 0 232”

“Gar relief is a us-based charitable non-profit organization dedicated to supporting grassroots projects for people living in dire poverty in remote areas in nangchen county. Our mission is to build local capacity and improve quality of life by advancing access to education and primary health care and promoting self-sustainability projects. Currently, our work is focused in tajuk village and surrounding areas in nangchen.”

“Gar relief: our first year of operation brief progress report 2013-2014 gar relief, inc. Supports grassroots efforts to improve the quality of life for nomadic tibetans living in dire poverty in the remote region of nangchen county in yushu prefecture, eastern tibet. Our projects include: the gar tajuk elementary school, which gives young nomadicchildren ages 6 to 9 a free, quality foundational education in language, reading and math; the bendurya clinic, which delivers local, low-cost basic health care, wound treatment, and preventative health education to a community that previously had to travel days for care; and achi elder care, which provides the most needy, destitute elders with food, clothing and basic medical care. In the future we also hope to support areas of infrastructure need such as water and solar power capacity. In our first year of operation, gar relief made important advances in building its organizational structure. In august of 2013, gar relief received a 501 (c) 3 letter from the internal revenue service establishing the organization as an official non-profit public charity. Gar relief built and launched a web site and pages on facebook and ammado to establish a public presence and to use as tools for fundraising and sharing information and progress. In june and july of 2014, gar relief added three new board members for a total of nine board members. Fundraising and outreach in 2013, gar relief received donations of 56, 864.50 mainly through individual donations and one grant from the heyman family foundation. In this early phase operations, gar relief established a 2014 budget of 45,720, 99.5% of which is used to support programs. Program funds are remitted quarterly via bank transfer. These funds provide salaries for 2 teachers, a caretaker, food and supplies to run an elementary school that accommodates 15-25 children; doctor salary and medical supplies for a small clinic that serves 1,000 nomadic people living in the area; and modest salaries for two caretakers and elder care for 32 elders (food, clothing, medicine). In june 2014, the gar relief founder and president gave three public talks during a tour to the usa in seattle, washington, and santa fe and albuquerque, new mexico. The purpose of these talks was to share information about the challenges facing tibetans living in eastern tibet and the work of gar relief in helping to meet those challenges. Gar relief raised over 12,000 in donations at these talks. Site visit and needs assessment in june 2014, a team of five volunteers, including one board member and two executive committee members, traveled to tajuk village in eastern tibet to evaluate services and conduct a needs assessment to improve current programs and ascertain future projects. The team collected in-kind donations to bring to distribute to children and elders such as warm winter clothing and school stationary and medical supplies for the clinic. The gar relief board is assessing the evaluation results to develop a strategic plan for 2015. A major finding of concern is the poor condition of the building that houses both the school and medical clinic. In addition, during the site visit gar relief was able to connect with other us-based non-profits working in the area such as the pureland project and tibet aid to build collaborative relationships and coordinate services, when possible.”