Children are children wherever you go. These young Himalayan residents live above the clouds and air pollution.
By courtesy of Peter Riggs, Rockfeller Brothers Fund
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Do you want to help fellow Asians
who help themselves preserve their
cultural heritage and natural environment?
Hidden from the material civilization and free from its polluted air, the Nepalese mountain folks of Tibetan ethnic origin inhabit the rugged hills and mountain valleys of this little kingdom between China and India. The Buddhist monasteries scattered across the Himalayan highlands serve a few to several surrounding villages, for whom they are not only temples for prayer, but also serve as community centers for adults and education and training facilities for children.
From remote sites like the Tangin monastery in the extreme upper northwestern region, all the way down to the foothill communities like Helambu, and finally rice-growing villages on the flat land like Chitwan, there are so many socioeconomic needs, among which stands out the need of improving the quality of life in the remote rural villages and help create sustainable local businesses to generate income-earning opportunity for the youth. In the last couple of years, we started our work by helping replace the traditional lighting system using resin-rich wood, damaging to both environment and human health, by clean solar battery lighting system.
The Virtual Foundation Japan provides the interested Japanese citizens just such opportunities to extend assistance in making this happen, and encourages direct people-to-people cooperation and exchange of useful information via the Internet. [Supporters' Voice]
We will post your English message in Japanese translation as well so that you can be read by the Japanese visitors. So, keep in mind that you are talking to the Japanese even when posting your message in English.
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"Philanthropy" -- An Asian Model
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I want to give a tangible form to my deep admiration for the people of Nepal
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