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<strong>ROKPA</strong><br />
Helping where help is needed.<br />
Giving a better chance for life
Have a heart, please help!<br />
Focusing on People<br />
Sustainable Success<br />
<strong>ROKPA</strong> is the Tibetan word for<br />
“help” and “friend”. The organization<br />
supports people in need in the<br />
most remote regions of the world.<br />
« <strong>ROKPA</strong> helps people lay the<br />
foundation for a dignified life:<br />
safety, trust, love, education and<br />
a home.»<br />
Sandra Studer, Television presenter<br />
<strong>ROKPA</strong> actively participates in more<br />
than 100 projects for people living<br />
on the margins of society:<br />
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<strong>ROKPA</strong> gives out approximately<br />
45,000 meals per year to feed<br />
the hungry<br />
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<strong>ROKPA</strong> ensures basic healthcare<br />
for around 20,000 people in need<br />
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<strong>ROKPA</strong> supports an average of<br />
6,000 poverty stricken students<br />
per year, enabling them to attend<br />
primary school, learn a skilled<br />
trade and even pursue a university<br />
degree
A clear focus<br />
Efficient use of donations<br />
Most of <strong>ROKPA</strong>’s aid projects are<br />
carried out in the Tibetan areas of<br />
China and Nepal, focusing mainly on<br />
education, medical care, food and<br />
culture:<br />
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Education and support of street<br />
children, orphans and children<br />
from nomadic families<br />
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Immediate assistance in medical<br />
emergencies and expansion of<br />
basic healthcare<br />
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Operation of Soup Kitchens<br />
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Promotion and preservation of<br />
Tibetan Medicine and culture<br />
A close collaboration with the beneficiaries,<br />
local networks built over<br />
decades, lean structures and the<br />
participation of many volunteers<br />
around the world allow <strong>ROKPA</strong> an<br />
optimal use of donations.
Global Network<br />
<strong>ROKPA</strong> is represented in<br />
17 countries:<br />
Austria, Belgium, Canada, France,<br />
Germany, India, Ireland, Italy,<br />
Nepal, the Netherlands, Poland,<br />
South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the<br />
United Kingdom, the United States<br />
and Zimbabwe.<br />
The headquarters of <strong>ROKPA</strong><br />
INTERNATIONAL are in Zurich,<br />
Switzerland.<br />
« I support <strong>ROKPA</strong> because I<br />
know that the donations actually<br />
reach the children, for example<br />
through educational projects and<br />
orphanages. To give the future<br />
generations on this planet a<br />
chance to win the fight against<br />
poverty and social injustice, we<br />
need educated and loving people.<br />
Only empathy and compassion for<br />
others will help us discover our<br />
own heart.»<br />
Marc Forster, Film director
Direct Involvement<br />
Our projects are managed on-site by<br />
our co-founder Lea Wyler and other<br />
<strong>ROKPA</strong> representatives. This way<br />
we make sure that donations arrive<br />
directly in the hands of people who<br />
need them most.<br />
<strong>ROKPA</strong> INTERNATIONAL was<br />
founded in Zurich in 1980 by the<br />
Tibetan physician and meditation<br />
master Dr Akong Tulku Rinpoche,<br />
the actress Lea Wyler and the<br />
attorney Dr Veit Wyler.
<strong>ROKPA</strong><br />
Helping where help is needed.<br />
Give people a positive, hopeful future<br />
<strong>ROKPA</strong> needs your help – please support people in need via<br />
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Your free donation<br />
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Sponsoring a particular project<br />
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A legacy<br />
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Volunteering<br />
Please make your (online) donation to our bank account:<br />
Credit Suisse, CH-8070 Zürich, IBAN CH73 0483 5045 5090 1100 1,<br />
Account No. 455090-11-1, BIC CRESCHZZ80A, Clearing-No. 4835<br />
Thank you!<br />
<strong>ROKPA</strong> INTERNATIONAL | Böcklinstrasse 27 | 8032 Zurich | Switzerland<br />
+41 (0)44 262 68 88 | info@rokpa.org | www.rokpa.org | facebook.com/rokpa.org