Mika is supporting this Tibetan Medical Project in Eastern Tibet in China (village called "Raktrul") and joining the medical mission in August 2010 together with Kirk Moulton, licensed acupuncturist in Chicago, and other qualified health practitioners (medical doctor, nurse and medical student). The team went to the first mission in Summer 2009 and treated hundreds of villagers and installed the solar system to generate electric power, which the village did not have. This project is the second mission and particularly supports local Tibetan mothers and children in alleviating their physical conditions and improving their health. Through this Project, we aim to (1) provide medical/acupuncture treatment to local populations particularly mothers and children; (2) establish a permanent community medical clinic; and (3) provide training for local villagers to maintain and support the proposed medical clinic.
This Project is developed by Raktrul Foundation, 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. We are requesting your generous contribution, which will be used for the purpose of implementing this Project, especially purchasing supplies, such as medical equipment, needles, medical drugs, herbs and supplement.
Instructions for making contributions as well as the Project description are below. We look forward to receiving your generous contributions to assist the life of populations in Tibet! Thank you for your support!
Please check out the story behind this Project at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s17YSxBCxjc
Please check out the activities of Raktrul Foundation: http://raktrulfoundation.org/
We also support the Academic Center Project in East India by Architecture for Tibet (AFT). (See below.)
Bringing Health and Light to Tibet – 2010
The Raktrul Foundation’s Medical/Clinic Construction Project
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Raktrul Foundation Overview
Established in 1999, the Raktrul Foundation is a tax-exempt, 501-c-3 non-profit organization located in Red Hook, New York with a mission to assist suppressed and underprivileged communities in Tibet by developing and implementing programs for education, medical care, and basic community support. The organization was founded and is chaired by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche, who initiated the Medical/Clinic Construction Project and has actively participated in the project’s planning and logistical coordination.
Overview
One of our long term goals is to promote Mother and Child Health
- For the rural poor, pregnancy brings the hope of a new life, but also the very real fear of debilitating injuries and premature mortality.
- Upwards of 1/5 of infants die before their second birthday in the poorest communities.
- Nearly 2 million women died during pregnancy in China
last year - the majority of those were in rural areas. Maternal mortality is 3,000 out of every 100,000 live births - or 3%.
- Millions more suffer debilitating, humiliating, and
lifelong injuries.
Medical/Clinic Construction Project Summary
The Raktrul Foundation’s Medical/Clinic Construction Project will provide much needed medical care and will bring a new permanent clinic to a space set aside to be a medical clinic and if funding is sufficient, the hiring of a full time nurse or doctor. Dortam—and the proposed clinic and orphanage located there—is one of five communities in the immediate vicinity of Raktrul Monastery. From the beginning, project planning has included significant input from the local Tibetan community through Tashi Dorji, a local liaison. The key team members carrying out the project (see Project Team below) have replicated it in many other sites and can attest to its direct and immediate benefits. The project will equip and bring an experienced team of specialists to Raktrul to realize the community’s aspiration of establishing a functional medical clinic.
The two week-plus project will benefit the community as follows:
- Medical. The medical component will support and mobilize the community in three ways. First, it will restock the medical clinic with basic first aid and other health care supplies. Second, a acupuncture professionals will provide acupuncture and health care treatment to those in need. Third, a western trained MD, nurse and medical student will provide medical care, training and continue our needs analysis.
- Clinic Construction. With supervision from the project team’s Clinic Construction expert, local residents and contractors will help plan and build out the existing buildings that the foundation is acquiring for a permanent clinic. The goal is to rehab the structures, assemble the clinic equipment and accessories, install the requisite wiring, and attain a working, viable clinic that will be self sustaining over the course of three years
- Training. Villagers participating in the project—as backpack medics or clinic Construction system assemblers and operators—will receive intensive training, as experience has shown from similar projects in other parts of the world that in-depth, hands-on training is the key to providing sustainable assistance.
The clinic, and backpack medics will transform the lives of the elderly and sick as well as providing basic preventive and curative primary health care to the 5,000 or so villagers who will benefit directly from the project.
Funding the Project
The budget for the two week-plus Medical/Clinic Construction Project is $50,000. The Raktrul Foundation is asking for your timely financial support for this community-empowering project, scheduled to depart for Tibet in mid-August 2010. A generous donor launched the fundraising initiative with a $5,000 contribution. Please send your tax-deductible donation today.
The project team is ready to purchase, transport, and install clinic Construction equipment, and to provide training for villagers selected locally to maintain and operate the clinic and clinic Construction electric system after the project team departs. We also have qualified local volunteers who are ready to support the surrounding communities as backpack medics. In short, the project team, the village, and the supplies are ready, and the project is poised for implementation, pending your generous contribution. Please help.
Project Team
Bardor Tulku Rinpoche is founder and Chairman of the Board of the Raktrul Foundation. He monitors and overseas all Raktrul Foundation projects. He is in close contact with all personnel involved in the day-to-day operations of the Medical/Clinic Construction Project both in the United States and in Tibet. His extensive personal and local governmental connections in China and Tibet will greatly facilitate transportation, customs, and other local matters.
Kirk Moulton is Project Director for the Medical/Clinic Construction Project. In his other life he has practiced acupuncture at his Healing Junction Clinic in Chicago for more than 18 years. Through the use of Chinese herbal medicine and other alternative medical interventions, he has treated. In 2009, Moulton and a team went to the Raktrul area on a similar project that brought solar power and medical relief to the the villagers of Raktrul.
Mr. Tashi Dorji is Construction coordinator/contractor, project administrator, and community liaison for Raktrul Foundation in Tibet. Dorji has four assistant managers and a staff of local craftsman and volunteers who have done considerable work for Raktrul Foundation, which can be viewed on the Raktrul Foundation website.
Mika Ichihara, M.S, L.Ac.
And other medical professionals
Medical Project Execution
By aiding remote communities in need of practical health care training and treatment the project will help preserve Tibetan culture and provide support to a nation of resourceful, intelligent, and highly motivated people. The villagers suffer primarily from common and preventable diseases and inadequately treated injuries. The backpack medics will administer both western medical treatments (analgesics, disinfectants, antibiotics, etc.) and traditionally eastern medicine (acupuncture, herbal remedies, etc.). Treatment for pain associated with arthritis, rheumatism, sores, broken bones, pain from poorly mended fractures, sinus conditions, headache, and stomach problems will be the main medical problems addressed on this project. The project hopes to bring treatments for glaucoma, macular degeneration, and allergic conjunctivitis, as they are prevalent. Access to the closest existing clinic is often difficult or impossible for some, particularly in the winter months. A number of backpack medics will be located in each of the five villages. The combination of Tibetan and western medicine will immeasurably enhance the well-being of these suffering yet deserving people.
Medical/Clinic Construction Project Execution
Please support this effort to share those blessings and that advantage with those less fortunate.
CONTACT AND DONATION INFORMATION
Contributions may be mailed to:
Raktrul Foundation ~ Medical/Clinic Construction Project
37 Pinewood Lane
Red Hook, NY 12571
Donations accepted by credit card online at: http://www.RaktrulFoundation.org/
Or alternatively, Love & Compassion Integrative Health and Healing will accept your donations to Raktrul Foundation. Please write a check payable to Raktrul Foundation and drop off or mail to Love & Compassion Integrative Health & Healing (address is below).
Contact:
Mika Ichihara, M.S., L.Ac.
Love & Compassion Integrative Health and Healing
48 W. 21st St. 7th Floor
New York NY 10010
Phone: 212-242-8701
Email: office@loveandcompassion.com
Medical/Clinic Construction Project Manager
Kirk Moulton
12716 S 83rd Ct
Palos Park, IL 60464
Phone: 773 880 9120
Email: Kirk@HealingJunction.com
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Academic Center Project by Architecture for Tibet (AFT)
Architecture for Tibet's current project is an Academic Center for the Manjushree Orphanage in Tawang, Arucnachal Pradesh, in the high Himalaya of Northeast India. The new, light-filled Academic Center will replace the present schoolhouse, which is falling apart and not large enough to accommodate the number of children.
The proposed two-story building will contain not only classrooms, but a library, a multi-purpose space, a computer and language lab, and a large Nursery Environment, for the youngest children to learn, play and be cared for in. Within this place, the children can cultivate a true sense of friendship while gaining the knowledge they need to overcome their difficult circumstances.
The building is "green": Temperature is regulated through a combination of geothermal and solar-based technologies, creating a warm environment during the harsh winters and a dry, airy place in summer, when the region receives heavy rains. This will enable the children to be comfortable, healthy, and active within their learning environment throughout all the seasons. For more information, please visit AFT's website at www.architecturefortibet.org.
Contact:
Info@architecturefortibet.org
