Projects
Poetry Books Authored by Sengdruk Taktse Students
Education
The future of Tibet depends on education. The Joru Foundation seeks to provide education for children who would otherwise not be able to attend school. Our main focus is to help support an outstanding school in Golok, Eastern Tibet, called Sengdruk Taktse School. This school had the highest standardized test scores of 2008 in the entire Golok region.
Tibetan Diagnosis Tree (image courtesy of http://www.thdl.org)
Tibetan Medicine
The Joru Foundation is embarking on an exciting new project: the building of a traditional Tibetan medical college. For centuries, Tibetan medicine has proved as an extremely effective way to treat illness. Tibetan medicine does not employ surgery as a means of curing the patient, and it is also cost effective. The Tibetan medical tradition is rich, vast, profound, and based on the principals of Buddhism. Unfortunately, the study and practice of Tibetan medicine is in a state of decline, particularly in Eastern Tibet and Golok.
For many years, Khenpo Kunzang Gyaltsen has had an idea that is very close to his heart: to build a traditional Tibetan medical college. The Joru Foundation is hoping that we can help in some way to make this vision a reality.
"Lochung"-Resident of Dechen Pema Choling
Tibetan Elders
Another project that the Joru Foundation eagerly supports is caring for elderly Tibetans in the last years of their lives. Because many Tibetans live as nomads, they find that in the later years of their lives the work is simply too hard to continue doing. Many of them were poor to begin with and had very little or no family. Now in the later years of their lives, they have no means to take care of themselves. For this reason, Khenpo Kunzang has built a home that houses nearly 50 elderly Tibetans. The name of this elderly home is “Dechen Pema Choling”, which can be translated as “Dharma Land of Great Bliss Lotus”.
The Machu River in Golok, also known as the "Yellow River", the headwaters are located not far from Sengdruk Taktse School.
Environment
Sengdruk Taktse School is located not far from the headwaters of the Machu River, which is a major River for both Tibet and China. The Machu River is also known as the “Yellow River” and flows all the way from Golok to the Bohai Sea on China’s eastern shores. Thousands of people depend on this river for their sustenance and livelihood, and it is becoming increasingly polluted. Understanding that Tibet and Tibetans play a unique role in the preservation of the environment, the Joru Foundation seeks to promote and support projects aimed at educating Tibetans about environmental conservation, and ultimately empowering them to care for their important and fragile ecosystem.