Help Tibetans in Need of Urgent Care in Tibet

We are so very grateful for the support you have been able to provide to Tibetans in need of urgent medical care.  In some cases, the connection with medical services comes too late in the illness and can only provide the patient some relief in knowing their prognosis or assistance to ease suffering.  But when the connection is made in time, it can set the course for life-saving interventions and a return to wellness.  Since we launched this project a year ago, we have seen both kinds of outcomes. 

Now we have another opportunity to reach into Tibet with urgently needed assistance!  An elderly Tibetan woman who is the sole caregiver for her disabled brother has been diagnosed with a cerebral blood clot.  For some time she was able to walk, but she is now bedridden with new pain, and both brother and sister are in a really difficult situation. The medical diagnosis and the compassionate care this project has supported must now be augmented with new medicines.  Because of caring people like you, we will be able to rush additional funds to meet that need.  

But we must tell you that we have had to scrape the bottom of the barrel, and once those funds are sent to Tibet, we will not be able to help other Tibetans in need of urgent medical interventions.  We know from your past generosity that you believe in this project and the possibility of life-giving support it provides!  Please, if you are able to once again help, your donation would be so deeply welcomed in Tibet!  Thank you, thank you.

It is a pleasure to update Bridge Fund supporters about our work with Tibetan communities in China!  We are so grateful for your generosity and can happily report that those Tibetans who have received urgent medical care through this project are living in more comfort at home with ease and good care. 

Unfortunately, a slowdown in project funding, and difficulties due to COVID-related lockdown measures and movement restrictions in China, have caused what we all hope will be a temporary pause in our ability to reach additional Tibetans with support for their urgent care needs.  Although there has not been an explosion of COVID cases in Tibetan areas, Chinese authorities and health experts agree that health resources are too inequitable across regions for the country to risk opening up. 

As we watch for logistics to improve in China, we ask that you help us with another donation so that the seriously ill Tibetans who we can potentially assist need not wait any longer than necessary.