Gaden Relief Projects Helping Tibetans and Mongolians preserve their unique cultures. Zadoh Area Projects

Jamseng Health Clinic The Zadoh region in Eastern Tibet, with 8,000 people, has few facilities to meet the basic health care needs of its community. In 2001, Gaden Relief sponsored the construction of Jamseng Health Clinic in Yol Nin Gar, two hours from the town of Zadoh. The health care problems for adults in the Zadoh region are poverty-related and include: TB, glaucoma, heart disease, kidney and bladder stones, appendicitis, gall bladder and stomach upset, rheumatism, hepatitis, arthritis, swelling of the feet and other parts of the body particularly in older people. Many young babies die from diarrhea and dehydration. Thirty percent of newborn babies die. The Jamseng Health Clinic Project needs funds to: Build rooms for patients Salaries for doctors and support staff Medicine and equipment For pictures of the clinic and other news, click here. For a flash presentation, click here.

Tashi Lhapug Monastery Tashi Lhapug, a very old Gelugpa Monastery blessed by the Fifth Dalai Lama, is located on the bank of the Mekong River 300 km northwest of Zadoh, Tibet. With 60 monks, the rebuilding of Tashi Lhapug Monastery is still under way. Gaden Relief has already sponsored the installation of solar panels. Now the monastery has electricity. Tashi Lhapug Monastery needs funds: To complete the reconstruction of a hall for philosophic studies and debating To set up a small health care clinic for the monks and the local nomads To buy food for the monks, especially during the winter months For more pictures of the monastery and the monks, click here. For more information on the hall for philosophic studies, click here. Please see our appeal for funds to renovate Tashi Lhapug's temple, click here.

Didi Zasep (centre) with two Gaywa seniors Gaywa Seniors Project Near the town of Zadoh there is a home where twenty old women live in very poor conditions. They live in tiny rooms with mud floors, no windows and no heat. They need clothing, bedding food and the means to prepare food. Although the government provided the building, these seniors receive no additional assistance from the government. There is no pension or subsidized health care, and they have no children, so they rely on whatever help local people provide. The local people take up a collection once a year and raise about $60 for the seniors and the nearby housewives give them bread and whatever else they can spare. Didi Zasep, sister of Zasep Rinpoche, the spiritual director of Gaden Relief Projects, visited the home in 2000 and was deeply touched by the people. Didi says, "There is a special place in my heart for old people. They are a precious living history. At the same they are as helpless as little children – no sight, no voice, no resource. I cannot rest my soul without doing something for them. I feel very fortunate to be living in Canada, but when I eat good food I think of them, when I stay in a warm clean home, I think of them sleeping on cold muddy floors." The Gaywa Project was created to meet the needs of these people. Gaywa means fruit of generosity, virtue. The generosity of your offering is the virtue created. Please consider helping the old women of Zadoh. PLEASE NOTE: As of February 19, 2007, donations to the Gaywa Project must be made directly to the Gaywa Project. Please visit the Gaywa Project website for more information about the Gaywa Project's activities and how to donate to it. Gaden Relief is no longer able to accept donations on Gaywa's behalf because of changes to rules governing how Canadian charities operate outside of Canada. We, at Gaden Relief, remain ever appreciative of what Didi Zasep and her volunteers are doing in Zadoh and we encourage everyone to continue to support their efforts.

Zuru Monastery PLEASE NOTE: As of February 19, 2007, Gaden Relief ended its official support of Zuru Monastery. Zuru Monastery was our first project, started in 1988 when Zuru was nothing but a pile of rubble left by marauding Chinese Red Guards in the 1950s. During the time of our support the monastery was rebuilt, and is now a thriving institution serving the people of the nearby city of Zadoh and its environs. We at Gaden Relief are proud of the difference our donors and volunteers have made to the people of Zadoh City, helping to bring back an essential cultural institution that enriches the daily lives of so many.

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