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Gaden
Relief Projects
Helping
Tibetans preserve their unique culture.
Minutes
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Zadoh Committee Meeting – Vancouver
September 24, 2002
Present:
Rimpoche, Evan, Sharon, George, Patricia, Didi, Helen
1)
Welcome from Rimpoche
- Summer
2003 Rimpoche will visit with Drs. Robbie and Candace
- will talk
with local official re: long term projects (water supply, sanitation
education...)
- need local
support and cooperation, and recognition of a need for the above
- need to
bring water to JHCC
- solar
panels
- need to
replace local doctor who died in May of hepatitis
2) Public
Health and Sanitation -- Evan
- looking
for Vancouver area persons with local expertise in public health
/ sanitation.
3) General
Discussion of Possible Projects
- Education
in public health by someone living in Zadoh area
- need for
public toilets. issues: how to keep clean? not filled up with
stones? how to get locals to use?
- clean
water supply to Zadoh and Jamseng
- windmills,
solar panels
- build
bathhouse with solar power pump
- need for
simple guest room(s) for travelling patient to stay in at Jamseng
- Conclusion
was to try to make Jamseng a model with toilets, clean water
supply, bathhouse and windmill. Could also set up bath house
in Zadoh with well and pump.
- Patricia
- The bottom line -- How much do we need to raise before summer
of '03?
- George
- suggest we buy Western medicines in Yushu , not to bring from
Canada as it is so expensive. People have to get used to using
local meds. Also "it can't be any good if it is free."
Patients need to give something e.g. an egg.
- Evan -
Will get together with Rokpa,Seva, Tras re: education/sanitation
- Will wait
on occupational training until after next trip. need to find
out what local people would like to do
- Helen
- suggest training local person in first aid and treatment of
basic infections with western meds
4) Tashi
Lhapug Monastery
- earthquake
damage to main temple needs repair
- want to
build school
- monies
may come from Asian benefactors
5) Gewa
Project
- Didi's
project to be added to Gaden Relief
- Didi
described very poor living conditions of ~20 elderly persons
living in compound outside Zadoh
- Raised
$1,400US and bought 6 beds and 12 blankets
o plan is to provide a bed, blanket and 1 cooked meal a day;
hire local person to bring lamas and doctors when needed, and
to clean; organize volunteer women to help; build a kitchen
and shrine
- wants
to teach local women hygiene, especially postpartum
6) Fund
Raising
- Ngawang Kechog [also spelled Nawang Khechog] has offered to
perform in March '03. Need to set up
organization committee
o $8,000 in bank here
- $1200
raised from mail out ,plus $80 per month in donations
o Will be selling high quality prints of Neil's Medicine Buddha
thangka
- Didi would
like to sell her malas through centers
o Patricia's friend trying to purchase Dharmachakras in China
to sell at Banyan's
- Rimpoche
would like to see bound sadhanas (his translations) for sale
- Web site
for JHCC ready www.jamseng.com
- Colour
pamphlet done and going to printers
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