Himalayan Fair Projects 2001 (and Earlier)

Proceeds from the Himalayan Fair are used to sponsor a variety of grass roots projects in Himalayan countries. We investigate our projects carefully and make efforts to ensure the money is distributed in a correct manner.

The Himalayan Fair Committee

Bir Sakiya Tibetan Monastery	Support of small monastery near Dharamsala.
College Sponsorships	Fund for orphaned, disabled, or other Tibetan, Nepalese, and Indian students without financial resources seeking continued education.
Fialkow Guide Fund	Support for the families of two Sherpas killed in an avalanche on a trek in Dolpo, Western Nepal when they accompanied an American couple from Seattle, the Fialkows, who were also killed.
Friends of Shanta Bhawan Medical Clinic	Free health care for poor residents in Kathmandu's Bodinath area.
Ganzi Kham Girl's School	Building of a girl's school in Eastern Tibet.
Tibet Justice Center	Monies to send representatives to the Women's Conference in Beijing.
	Reconstructive surgery for Nepali children born with deformities, e.g., cleft palates, or who were burned or received crippling injuries.
	Four-year scholarships for 17 children in Kham Province, Tibet
KDTL Nunnery	School supplies and sponsorship for two child nuns in Nunnery, India near Dharamsala.
NCF Charitable Foundation	Assistance to build a medical clinic and school for 100 children at the DrogShog School in Tibet's Kham region
Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation	Services include children's group homes, day care for street sweeper's children, education, and medical care for Nepalese children. This year's project provides schooling for girls in Dang Village, Nepal.
PRISM, Bangladesh Fax: (8802)861170	Village agriculture project which develops algae farms for nutrition and fish feeding, and builds cyclone shelters.
Tibet Communications SARGYUR	Production of documentary films and videos which counter distorted claims about Tibet's political and cultural history.
S.E.E.D.S.Foundation	Help building a clean drinking water system in Manaslu area, Nepal
Sri Rama Orphanage	School supplies for Indian orphanage.
Tibet Child Nutrition	Application research program dedicated to making a sustainable improvement in the nutritional health of Tibetan children in the Tibet autonomous Region. Served 1900 children in first year. Combines Western medicine with traditional Tibetan healing.
	Gum-Tree planting environmental/nutrition project in India.
Yakti Nunnery	Housing for the elderly in Ganzi Kham Province, Tibet. The first of it's type.

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