Blue Valley Foundation Project Summaries
The Blue Valley Foundation has chosen to focus its present attention on the Qinghai Geysar Foundation, one of the few privately run charitable non-profits in Qinghai Province, China. Run by Tibetans, with the heartfelt intention of preserving Tibetan culture while providing desperately needed services for indigenous peoples who are sorely underserved, Blue Valley has chosen these main areas to concentrate its activities.
Hungkar Dorje Regional Multi-Disciplinary Technical School
Mostly nomadic, largely neglected and the poorest of the poor – providing practical skills and an education for the indigenous Eastern Tibetan people will help hundreds enter the 21st century successfully. Education is the key to preserving an ancient cultural heritage. Read more …
Support and Critical Services for the Disabled
With no viable entrance into the health care system and no means to vital services, the homeless have been disenfranchised. Often starving and unable to survive the harsh Tibetan winter, your donation will save lives by providing needed medical care. Read more …
Environmental Demonstration Project
How sad it is to see the rapid environmental changes taking place on the Tibetan Plateau. Clean air and pristine waters, earth protected for millennia by isolation from the mechanized world and through traditional use practices are being lost to chemical residue brought on by careless “strip-mining” and the introduction of non-biodegradable plastics. Read more …
The Frail Elders Project
Tender, loving care for the frail elderly on the Tibetan Plateau, especially those without family or trained caregivers, has been identified as an increasingly crucial need in today’s rapidly changing society. There are virtually no existing agencies that address the physical care and support needs of isolated elders who wish to remain living within their traditional communities. >Read more …
Preservation of Tibetan Culture and Traditions
With a diminished historical knowledge of the practices of Tibetan culture — a heroic figure stands as the symbol of “victory over injustice and ignorance”. Supporting Tibet’s largest non-sectarian festival is a vote against the odds of destroying these ancient people and their most valued ways. Read more …
Rural Community Health Care Clinic and Health Care Outreach
In partnership with the Qinghai Gesar Foundation, which has already provided medicines and care to thousands of underserved Tibetan people for decades, we are in the initial planning stages of building a 35 room clinic on 7 acres of donated land. The Rural Community Health Care Clinic and Outreach which will serve a minimum of 10,000 people each year with a combination of traditional Tibetan Medicines and allopathic (Western) medicines and treatment. Read more …