The seed of the Himalayan Institute Tibetan Community Center vision was planted in winter 2007, when an Institute member introduced the HI Community Center concept to representatives of the Tibet Fund, an independent US-based nonprofit organization that works closely with the Central Tibetan Administration and grass roots organizations to sustain and empower the exile community. [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Origins of the Himalayan Institute, Tibetan Collaboration
Posted in Energy Farming, Himalayan Institute, India, Tibetan Rabgyeling Settlement on April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Growing Medicine
Posted in Cameroon, Africa, Energy Farming, Himalayan Institute Cameroon, Total Health Center on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Together, the School of Energy Farming and the Total Health Center are bringing the healing benefits of medicinal herbs to the people of Kumbo. Energy Farming has expanded its cultivation of medicinal herbs to include turmeric, brahmi, calendula, echinacea, isabgol (psyllium), and ashwagandha. Once harvested, these herbs are processed into teas, ointments and medicinal honey, [...]
Arrival of Supplies and New Services
Posted in Cameroon, Africa, Energy Farming, Himalayan Institute Cameroon, School of Carpentry and Construction, tagged China, Container on April 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Himalayan Institute Cameroon celebrated the arrival of a 20-foot shipping container from Guangzhou, China bearing tools and equipment for the development of HIC programs, particularly for the School of Energy Farming and School of Carpentry and Construction. With the arrival of the container’s contents, newly planned community services and educational training courses are able [...]
Planting a Biodiesel Nursery
Posted in Energy Farming, India, Tibetan Rabgyeling Settlement, tagged Biodiesel on April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On March 22nd P.S. Reddy, project manager for the Energy Farming Pilot Project at the Tibetan Rabgyeling Settlement, finished the planting of 10,000 seeds of pongamia pinnata. Many members of the project’s founding group were there to assist in the work. Rigden, Rabgyeling’s Agricultural Extension Officer, and Himalayan Institute representatives, Kiran and Virat Xavier, all [...]
Energy Farming Plants New Seeds
Posted in Energy Farming, India, Tibetan Rabgyeling Settlement, tagged Biodiesel, Pongamia pinnata, Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, Rural Empowerment on April 14, 2009 | 4 Comments »
On July 28, 2008 the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, PA hosted Professor Samdhong Rinpoche, prime minister of the Central Tibetan Administration (the official Tibetan government in exile). During his visit, Professor Rinpoche met with the leaders of the Himalayan Institute’s humanitarian projects to discuss some of the struggles faced by Tibetans in exile and discover [...]
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