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- EIN 46-1758021
- (505) 242-6719
- 111 14th St Sw Albuquerque NM 87102-2821 USA
- www.garrelief.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Human Service Organizations, Human Services
Mission: Gar relief is a us-based charitable non-profit organization dedicated to supporting grassroots projects for people living in dire poverty in remote areas in nangchen county. Our mission is to build local capacity and improve quality of life by advancing access to education and primary health care and promoting self-sustainability projects. Currently, our work is focused in tajuk village and surrounding areas in nangchen.
Programs: 2017 activities gar relief, inc. Continued to support projects to improve the quality of life for nomadic tibetans living in dire poverty in the remote region of nangchen county in yushu prefecture, eastern tibet. Our projects include: the gar tajuk elementary school, which gives young nomadic children ages 6 to 9 a free, quality foundational education in language, reading and math; the bendurya clinic, which delivers local, low-cost basic health care, wound treatment, and preventative health education to a community that previously had to travel days for care; and achi elder care, which provides the most needy, destitute elders with food, clothing and basic medical care. In 2017 we provided support to 29 elders. We also supported older children with continuing their education in the nearest boarding secondary school, which is many miles away from their home village in the city of yushu. A 2014 site visit revealed the poor condition of the building that houses both the school and medical clinic. We began a capital campaign in 2015 to raise funds to build a new building to house the school and clinic. Because the school building was in such dire condition, in 2017 the board decided to use the funding to make desperately needed repairs. These repairs continued into 2018.