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Some of the elders of Rabgayling Tibetan Family Welfare Association.
For the seventh consecutive year, the FPMT Social Services Fund has continued to offer essential support to 320 elderly Tibetans living in homes throughout India and in Nepal. This service has become an essential mission of this fund with nine elderly homes now receiving grants.
Please join us in rejoicing in the following support which is being offered for 2022.
An elder from Lugsam Samduling Home for the Aged and Disabled, Bylakuppe, spinning a prayer wheel on the premises of the home.
Jampaling Elder’s Home, Dharamsala, this home offers accommodation, medication, monthly pocket money, and supplemental nutrition to the 73 residents. US$22,000 was offered for shortfall of their 2022 operating budget as well as building renovation and a new heating system. We have been supporting this home since 2016.
Lugsam Samduling Home for the Aged and Disabled, Bylakuppe, looks after 35 elderly individuals living in very modest conditions, all above the age of 75, the eldest being 99. US$16,855 total was offered to this home to cover budget shortfall for 2022. We have been supporting this home since 2016 including purchasing a new ambulance last year.
Doeguling Home for Elderly and Disabled, located in the Doeguling Tibetan Refugee Settlement in Mundgod, cares for 63 elderly residents supported by eight staff, some who are HIV +, have cancer, psychiatric problems, diabetes, and chronic arthritis. US$37.203 was offered for food, medical expenses, and an investment into a corpus fund which contributes to the sustainability of this home. We have been supporting this home since 2016 and we are very happy that they have created a fund to help ensure longevity for this important operation.
An resident of Doeguling Home for Elderly and Disabled, Mundgod.
Some of the elders of Rabgayling Tibetan Family Welfare Association receiving leg care.
Dhondenling Old People Home, Kollegal, is in one of the most remote and underdeveloped Tibetan settlements in southern India. The elderly home has 32 elderly Tibetans residents. US$24,760 was offered to cover 70% of their annual operating budget. We were so pleased to hear that this home also completed a renovation project this year, upgrading the whole facility. We have been supporting this home since 2018.
Rabgayling Tibetan Family Welfare Association, Hunsur, has an elderly home serving 20 residents at this Tibetan settlement. US$28,036 was offered this year for their medical fund and recurring expenses. Last year we sponsored a 35-foot stupa near the elderly home on the settlement, so the elders can create merit and purify negative karma by going around this beautiful holy object.
Some of the elders of Dhondenling Old People Home, Kollegal.
Old Age Home, Kalimpong, is home to 31 elders. US$13,985 was offered to this year for supplemental nutrition and medical support. This is the first year we are offering support to this home after being requested by The Central Tibetan Relief Committee (CTRC) which is the relief wing of the Central Tibetan Administration. The CTRC includes members from 53 Tibetan settlements in India, Nepal, and Bhutan; and coordinates the relief and rehabilitation works for thousands of Tibetan refugees.
Dhonden Old People’s Home, Chauntra, is home to 21 elders. US$13,985 was offered for renovation and the purchase of an overhead water tank and supplemental nutrition support. We started offering support to this home in 2021, as the The Central Tibetan Relief Committee requested our help.
Odisha Phuntsokling Settlement Old People’s Home, Odisha, is home to 15 elders. US$20,127 was offered for their 2022 operational expenses. We started supporting this home in 2021 after they lost support from an organization that had been supporting them for over 20 years.
Tsering Elderly Home, Nepal, is home to 30 elders. US$7,341 was offered for supplemental nutrition and medical expenses. This is the first year we are offering support to this home, after being requested by The Central Tibetan Relief Committee.
This year a total of over US$184,000 has been offered to these 320 destitute elderly Tibetans living in care facilities in India and Nepal. This is an amazingly beneficial service FPMT is able to offer these precious Tibetan elders which we hope to continue long into the future, please join us in rejoicing!
It is thanks to the kindness of a generous benefactor that we have been able to offer support to these elderly homes since 2016 and in that time an amazing US$1,694,702 has been offered through the Social Services Fund. Thank you to everyone who makes it possible for FPMT to offer this support.
All are welcome to support the Social Services Fund and help ensure we can offer direct support to the elderly.