And one small luxury for the long term patients - a television set. Project partner Our project partner is Dzogchen Shri Senha Charitable Society, the President being H.E.Dzogchen Rinpoche. In 1992 when His Holiness, the Dalai Lama opened Dzogchen Monastery he personally requested Rinpoche to take care of the community and appointed Rinpoche as President. Since this time, Rinpoche has worked tirelessly to help this remote and poor community, striving to give direct benefit to those who need it. The Tibet Relief Fund is working to raise funds to provide scholarships for talented young people within the settlement who meet entry requirements for medical school Medical Poor Fund Residents who are unable to afford prescribed medicine would be given a grant to cover the cost.
Many residents have to make the decision between medicine and feeding the family.
Medical grants for destitute families has been successfully run by the Relief Fund at Delek Hospital, Dharamsala, India. The Relief Fund is hoping to raise funds to provide a telemedicine programme which would meet many of the community's physical and mental needs. The programme would also provide a medical school with exposure to third world realities and challenges Your gift, however small would have an immediate, definable and significant impact upon the quality of health within this settlement. If you do not want us to use the information you give us any further, please let us know.