Shem Women's Group - empowering Tibetan women and their communities through grassroots development

Projects

Bridge Project For Tar Lam Village
Project Manager: Metok Lhamtse (Jasmine)

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This project is to to build one concrete bridge over Tar River that will provide a safe and convenient way for Tar Lam Villagers, and villagers from other 8 villages and two monasteries’ monks to cross Tar River, and at the same time prevent the locals from walking in barefoot in the cold water, reduce women’s labor and school-aged children’s labors.

Funds needed: $8,444.8(57,618rmb)

Reaping Machine Project for Tagrig Village
Project Manager: Kajee Gyal (Kathy)

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This project is to buy a reaping machine for 160 households in Tagrig village to alleviate their works and financial burden as well as family living condition.

Funds needed: $7,560 (51,625rmb)

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This project is to buy 20 threshing machines for six villages in Jialaxi Township to alleviate the village women’s workload and furthermore to improve family living condition.

Funds needed: $7,863 (53,700rmb)

Harvesting Machine Project for Mani Chukor Village
Project Manager: Chiyang Zhorma (Violet)

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This project is to buy 19 harvest machines for 38 households in Mani Chukor Village to increase villagers’ income and decrease the local people’s work burden, especially that of students and women.

Funds needed: $8,911 (60,900rmb)

Women’s Health Training Project for Rdo Sbis Township
Project Manager: Limao Cairang (Corrine)

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This Project is to host a three-day health training in Rdo Sbis Township to educate village women about common health problems, the importance of caring about women’s health problems and also the methods to prevent gynecological diseases  to improve the health conditions of local women.

Funds needed: $989.3 (6,750rmb)

The Threshing Machine Project for Heluoshi Xuma Village
Project Manager: Lhamotso (Hainan-Lily)

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This project is to purchase 18 threshing machines for 147 households in Heluoshi Xuma village to lessen the villagers’ work load, save time and improve the villagers living condition.

Funds needed: $8,467.9 (57,750rmb)

Bunk beds project for A Yan Gou School
Project Manager: Drogar Ji (Judith)

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This project is to buy 34 bunk beds for the students who stay at A Yan Gou School in Tian Zhu Autonomous County Gansu Province to improve the boarding students’ accommodation conditions, so that the parents will not need to worry about the students’ poor condition at school.

Funds needed: $2,560 (17,470rmb)

Book and Computer Project for Zhoggo Primary School
Project Manager: Laji Zhoma (Amelia)

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This project is to buy 170 Tibetan and English books, and 189 Chinese books and 15 computers for Zhoggo Primary School to enrich the local students’ general knowledge about the outside world and have motivation and interest of studying further.

Shem US & Dining for Women from US funded this project

Running Water Project for Rilangda Village
Project Manager: Lo Sang Bal Dron (Madge)

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This project is to build a running water system for Rilangda Village, in order to supply clean water for Rilangda villagers to reduce the villager’s burden, and decrease the six households’ workload so they have more time to relax like the other 18 households in Rilangda Village and improve their living condition.

Youth Group from Vienna funded this project

Harvest Machines Project for Nor’ ur Village
Project Manager: Tshe Skyid Lha Mos (Emily)

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This project is to buy 42 harvest machines for 42 households in Nor’ ur Village to decrease people’s labor, and save their grain from insect and weather, so the villagers will have more gain to eat. Also with machine helping the parents deal with the harvest, school children can attend school as normal and it will help the students improve the their learning.

Funds needed: $8,744(59,725rmb)

Solar Panel Project for Tsha Ra Village
Project Manager: Xiangba Lacuo (Phoebe)

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This project is to purchase 30 solar panels and distribute them to 30 households in Tsha Ra Village; and the overarching goal of this project is to provide light for all the villagers and to reduce women’s heavy workloads by eliminating the need to make butter lamps for use at night.

East Timor Women Australia funded this project

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This project is to build two enclosure brick fences for Rega and improve Rega Village people’s living conditions, including reducing the heavy burden of women’s tasks.

Funds needed: $10,615(72,760rmb)

Water Project for Walo and Yajiong Village
Project Manager: Tashi Hlamo (Charlene)

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To build a running water system for Walo Village and Yajiong Village, in order to supply clean water for Walo and Yajiong Villages to reduce the villager’s burden, and increase enrollment of school children and improve their living condition.

Youth Group from Vienna funded this project

Solar Water Heaters Project For Yunlin Township
Project Manager: Gelsang Lhamo (Betty)

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This project is to financially support buying 32 solar water heaters for three villages to use as a beneficial water heating tools, which can protect the endangered forests and the rich bio-diversities along Mekong River and lead to a safer environment for the project beneficiaries of over 152 people.

Shem US & Dining for Women from US funded this project

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This project is to empower more Tibetan women to write their life stories, ideas, and to value education. An additional goal of this project is to encourage more people to value women’s education on the Tibetan Plateau.

Funds needed:$14,883(101,758rmb)

Waku Rarma Village Water and Environment Initiative
Project Manager: Lhamotso (Hainan-Lily)

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This project is to alleviate living condition, like build running water system, greenhouses and planting trees for the people in Waku Rarma Village in order to improve their living conditions and lessen the heavy burden of local women. 140 people will directly benefit from this project.

The Canada Fund funded this project

Running water project for Sitong Da Village
Project Manager: Yeshay Drolma (Rachel)

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relieve women and girls of their time-consuming work burdens. With a running water system, more children, especially girls will be able to attend school. Similarly, local villagers may work less hard and improve their personal hygiene and health.

Funds needed: $13,750(96,093 rmb)

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to purchase 70 solar generating panels for 70 households and improve living conditions for Cuozhou Township, Jiajia Township and Duojia Township

Shem US & Dining for Women from US funded this project

Cultural Preservation Project for Fudi Village
Project Manager: Samtsogye (Whitney)

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This project is to buy 32 prayer wheels, repair the leaking roof of the Fudi Village’s temple and make the path around the prayer hall wider , it preserves the cultural traditions of Fudi Village as well.

Shem US funded this project

Running Water Project for Mairi Village
Project Manager: Pagmotso ( Pamela)

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The immediate goal of this project is to build a running water system for 51 households in Lower Mairi village. This project will help more children from Lower Mairi village the possibility to attend school. And improve people’s life condition and to have a healthy life by using this water system.

Church Development Service funded this project

Tibetan Language Training Program
Project Manager: Rendzen jyi (Caitlyn)

Buy 160 Tibetan language instructional books and other study materials, hire two teachers and to rent two classrooms for the Basba Sun Tibetan School. Establish a school where the Tibetan children can learn their own language, and to save Tibetan language from dying out

The Pecha fund and John Li funded this project for 2007

Holly funded this project for 2008 &2009