UK Charity Registration No.1124076  Tel: 02380 462926

100% of all donations received will go to fund health care, education and poverty relief projects.  

All necessary expenses are met privately by volunteers.

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Children and teachers at Ling Gesar School

This school is not only for the Tibetan refugees but caters for all the Indian children in the surrounding poor villages.  It was set up 20 years ago and before 2003 was near to closure due to lack of funds. Since 2003 a charitable trust in Germany has been set up under the guidance of Ringu Tulku: Bodhicharya Huttenried - Dharma-Tor Charitable Trust, Germany.

To help maintain and improve the education and health facilities, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche has also asked Rigul Trust, with its UK charity registration status, to help fund these projects.

The School - funds are needed for:     

• The Teachers: a head-master, teachers for mathematics, science, Tibetan, Hindi, English.
• The cost of the teacher’s salaries was £2,900 for 2007.
• Books: Stationery; Educational Equipment.
• The preservation of the buildings.  

We are happy to offer our support for the children, the school, the health and welfare of the community of Tibetan refugees in this remote part of Dehra Dun, India.

Patients awaiting treatment

These people are from the Lingtsang area of Kham, Tibet around the Rigul area, where Ringu Tulku Rinpoche was born. These people are hard working and make a living from the hand crafted goods that they produce. They have a special skill in the making of Bells and Dorjees.

The Health Station

The primitive facilities at the Health Centre need much improvement

The Health Station - funds are needed for the:

• Doctor - who visits once a month for a day – his salary in 2007 was £225
• Medicines -are given free to the children and the elderly, these cost £259 for 2007
• Much needed basic medical equipment
• Nurse - who works hard in challenging circumstances

The health station is available to the poor Indian people as well as the Tibetans, and they can see the doctor and get free medicines. All this is what needs to be maintained.      

Future plans - what is also needed in Dehra Dun is:

1 A doctor to visit more often
2 A dentist to visit
3 More classrooms; in 3 years, the number of children attending has doubled
4 Facilities for secondary education

5 More educational and health equipment

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If you would like to read about the help we are able to give to this poor community of Tibetan refugees and and the local people of  Dehra Dun in India please have a look at our newsletter to see how we spend the money that you give us on health and welfare projects that can do so much to alleviate poverty and suffering.

Remember, every pound that is donated to our projects goes to those projects, as all expenses in the running of the charity are paid for by volunteers.