What
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Tibetan women and infants are at high risk for birth-related deaths. Because of lack of access to health care, finances, language barriers & health care infrastructure, the majority of births take place in cold environments without access to electricity or running water and often at high altitude. In some rural areas, an estimated 93% of Tibetan women give birth at home. In addition, vehicles are rarely available, roads often treacherous or impassible, language & cultural barriers alienating.
Activities
Tibetan mothers and children will have access to pre-natal care; labor & delivery support; postnatal care ; community midwife & health educator training; family health education; essential Tibetan & Western medicines; kits for safe home births.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $8,483
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $61,517
Total Funding Goal: $70,000
Additional Documentation
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.TibetanHealingFund.org)
- Project’s Homepage (http://www.TibetanHealingFund.org)
- Tibetan Natural Birth & Health Training Center (http://www.tibetanhealingfund.org/ourWork_birthCtr.php)
- Community Health Assessment (http://www.tibetanhealingfund.org/ourWork_CommunityHealthAssessment.php)
Why
Potential Long Term Impact
The Birth Center has the potential to be the cornerstone of a healthy Tibetan community. It can save lives of rural Tibetan women and babies and decrease the risk of disability caused by unsafe and unassisted delivery and lack of health education.
Project Message
Healthy and educated children are essential for having a better future, and healthy mothers are significant for bearing and nurturing the children. Tibetan Healing Fund works to achieve this dream.
- Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen, President and Founder, Tibetan Healing Fund
Who
ContactMarge Mansfield,Board Member Tibetan Healing Fund 819 North 49th Street #105 Seattle, Washington 98103 United States 206-624-7966 Email: Project SponsorGlobalGiving |
Organization
Learn more about Tibetan Healing Fund and the project team. |
Where
Country
This project is located in 
China
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about China, read the Human Development Report on China or the Wikipedia entry for China.
When
Last Updated
This project was last updated on August 13, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 08, 2006.
Latest Update from the Field
2007 Annual Report
By Board of Directors - 2007 Annual Report, August 13, 2008 03:38 PM
We are pleased to provide you with this 2007 Annual Report and highlight some of our projects that are nearing completion and are coming to fruition in 2008. We hope that as you read our 2007 Annual Report, the work of our projects and people we serve will come alive.
On behalf of the Board of Directors and the Tibetan children and their families, we want to express our deep sense of gratitude for the continued financial support that creates opportunities for hope.
Thank you for helping us pave the way for a healthier and better educated Tibet.
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