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In Tibetan areas of China
Overall Situation
ROKPA supports projects focusing on education,
medical aid und culture. Overall there
were 127 projects in 2012.
Kanze – Girls School: ROKPA supported all of the
58 girls in this school in 2012, 15 of them were new.
Head Mistress Tamdin Dolma focuses on the very
poorest in the application process. Otherwise, without
the help of ROKPA, these girls would not have a
chance to attend school or obtain an education.
Chamdo – Dolma Lhakang monastery: The Dolma
Lhakang monastery is situated at 4’300 meters altitude;
the living conditions here are extreme. In 2012 the works
to secure the water supply continued. As of May 2012,
water was pumped to the monastery from a river located
1 km away. However, since the reservoirs were not dug
deep enough they froze as early as September. So this
work needs to be corrected in order to ensure the water
also runs in cold winters.
Nangchen – Medical project: This is the largest ROKPA
project in financial terms with expenditures in 2012
of CHF 123’552. Its main aims are the preservation and
processing of medical herbs being used in Traditional
Tibetan Medicine (TTM). In 2012 63’270 m² of countryside
were sustainably cultivated; 13 different types of
seeds were planted. It is planned that in the long-run,
this project will finance itself through the sale of the
medicine produced from the medicinal herbs.
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