Making a Difference:
What we've accomplished
Completed projects and our heroes ......
Project
Warm Base-Layers
Redna Menling, Dolonji, India
$500.00
Project
Solar Hot Water Panels
Menri Cow Barn Dolonji, India
Project Completed!! February 2018
$1,500.00
Yungdrung Woser, HH 34th Menri Trizin, Marie Meiffen & Cheri Brady
The Anis & School Girls (80) live on the side of a mountain, in Northern India, that receives little sunlight. The winter weather is especially cold without daily sunlight. The base layers will help to keep the women & girls warmer at night and throughout the day.
The solar water panels will help to provide better hygiene for the cows & their caretakers. Electricity is unreliable in this area of northern India. Solar power is clean green electricity. Solar energy is a renewable non-polluting free source of energy that is sustainable.
(L-R) His Holiness Lungtok Dawa Dargye Rinpoche, Marie Meiffen & Cheri Brady. Acknowledgement & appreciation of Marie and her family's fundraising leadership!
Fundraising Leader:
Anonymous Donor
Thank you, Heart Mantra Foundation - Friends of Heart Mantra Delivering Base Layers
February 2019
Fundraising Leader:
Marie Meiffen & family
Marie lives in Astoria, Oregon
Project Completed February, 2018! Congratulations, Marie & family! A job well done! Thank you to all who donated!
Project
Cultural Education Needs for Village of Bhijer, Upper Dolpo, Nepal
Ursula raised $710.00
Friends of Heart Mantra Foundation raised $300.00
Total donation of $1,010.00
Project Completed August 2017
Yungdrung Woser & Cheri Brady making donation to Yangton Lama Sherab Tenzin on behalf of Ursula Brown's project leadership & Heart Mantra Foundation, Inc.
Ursula Brown (12 yrs) created a Bat Mitzvah Project to raise money for educational needs in Bhijer, a remote village in Northern Nepal with very few resources for education and cultural development. Ursula trekked with us through Mustang and Dolpo to experience the beautiful, yet treacherous environment of Dolpo. She experienced first hand the hardships which the people of northern Nepal endure all their lives.
(L-R) Sonam N. Lama, Ursula Brown & Lama Tenzin (Dolpo)
Fundraising Leader:
Ursula Brown
Ursula lives in Pittsburg, PA
Project completed August 2017! Congratulations, Ursula! So proud of you!
Thank you to all who donated!
Ursula Brown with children in the village of Chharka (Dolpo)
Project:
Higher Education Project
Mustang Culture & Education Center
Jomsom, Mustang, Nepal
Donation $500.00 August 2017
Geshe Sonam accepting Heart Mantra Foundation donation.
The Higher Education Project is run by Geshe Asonam Sonam. By supporting the Higher Education Program, the young men and women learn a trade/skills in order to earn an income and give back to their village of Jomsom, Mustang . Many times they go to Kathmandu to receive this education. All of the recipients of Higher Education give back to their village in a way that everyone is supported. Mustang is a very remote and impoverished area of Nepal.
Fundraising Leader:
Friends of Heart Mantra Foundation, Inc.
Donation made August 2017
Thank you to all who donated!
Ongoing donations are always appreciated!!
Geshe Asonam Sonam & Cheri Brady with children of the Mustang Culture & Education Center - Himalayan Children Home - Jomsom, Mustang
Project:
Chharka Health Clinic Project
Chharka, Dolpo, Nepal
Donation $300.00 September 2017
H.E. Menri Ponlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche accepting donation from Heart Mantra Foundation, Inc. for Chharka Village Health Clinic
Chhakra is a very remote underserved village in (Dolpo) Northeastern Nepal. This financial donation helps to support medical needs of the people in this remote region with scant medical resources. The medical project is overseen by H.E. Ponlop Trinley Nyima Rinpoche, who is from Chharka Village. (Khyungdzong Wodsel Ling -USA Center)
Chharka Village, Dolpo. With Robert Brown, Ursula Brown, Cheri, Yungdrung Woser, Lama Tenzin and Uma Panaitescu-Neata & villagers.
Fundraising Leader:
Friends of Heart Mantra Foundation, Inc.
Donation made September 2017
Thank you to all who donated!!
Ongoing donations are greatly appreciated!
Cheri with Karmu Lama, nurse for the Chharka Health Clinic in Dolpo.
Project:
Lake Phuksundo Cultural Project
Thashung Bon Gompa,
Ringmo, Lake Phuksundo Dolpo, Nepal
Donation $200.00 August 2017
Heart Mantra Foundation donation to Ringmo Village - Thashung Bon Gompa (Monastery) @ Lake Phuksundo - Dolpo. (L-R) Passang Dhondup, Cheri, Yungdrung Woser & Geshe Sherab Gocha, Abbott of Thashung.
Thashung Bon Gompa was build over 900 yrs. ago to protect the wildlife from hunters. The Gompa was build on the edge of a high rocky wall where the hunters trapped their prey underneath the wall. The “killing ledge” became a “sacred protected ledge” when the Bon Gompa was built to protect the animals. The protected area around the lake is now know as Phuksundo National Park and is an important habitat for endangered species such as the snow leopard, grey wolf, musk deer and blue sheep. The villagers are authentic Bon, which is the indigenous spiritual tradition of Tibet.
Fundraising Leader:
Friends of Heart Mantra Foundation, Inc. (and animal lovers.)
Donation made August 2017
Thank you to all who donated!!
Thashung Monastery on Lake Phuksundo, Dolpo.
Endangered Snow Leopard
Project:
Redna Menling Concrete Land Extension Project
The Anis (nuns) and school girls live on the side of a mountain. They received very little sunlight and have limited space for activities and hanging clothes to dry.
The land extension project will give them additional space for sunlight exposure and everyday outdoor activities.
More photos to come….
Building concrete land extensions on the side of the mountain Dolanji, India
Fundraising Leader:
An Anonymous Donor