HEARTWOOD TIBET GIRLS SCHOOL

Expanding its mission to promote women’s health, Heartwood Foundation is creating a school for Tibetan girls. The vocational boarding school for girls ages 14 to 20 will help Nomad yak herding families provide more opportunities for the next generation.

Tibetan women in the Nanchen region — who typically have 6 to 10 children — have one of the highest mortality rates (for infants and mothers) during pregnancy and childbirth. Asang, a meditation instructor at Heartwood, escaped from Tibet shortly after his sister and her baby died during delivery. The Heartwood community, along with Asang and his wife, Heartwood’s Nancy Floy, will honor his sister and all the women at risk by offering the key to health and opportunity: education.

Working with permission of the Chinese government, the Heartwood Tibet Girls School needs $6,000 per year to cover room, food, clothing and education for ten girls in the city of Yushu. Teachers will provide healthcare information, especially the use of birth control. We will teach sewing, weaving and other handicrafts, as well as business and computer skills. The girls will cook for themselves as they learn Chinese, English, math, reading and writing.

Tibetan girls like Gamo have
very little opportunity for
education and a hopeful future.

Learn more about a similar, inspiring project: Read Greg Mortenson’s New York Times best-seller Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time. We are humbled by his achievements and hope to help more women and children learn and thrive.

See a school for Tibetan Nomad children in action with the Munsel School Project , Heartwood's sister school in Jyekundo, Tibet.

Contributions Welcome

To make a tax-deductible contribution, contact Nancy Floy at 847.491.1122 x11. Any size donation is welcome. For every dollar, one girl gets one day of shelter, clothing, food and instruction. 100% of contributions will benefit the school. Checks may be made payable to "Heartwood Foundation".