India Fall Update: April 2007

Volunteer Medical Clinics throughout India :

Twice per year, we travel to India to offer free medical services in various Tibetan communities, homes for the elderly, monasteries and nunneries. The Tibetan Refugee Health Care Project was established as an initiative under the auspices of Alternative Resources Unlimited, a registered (1989) 501(c)3 non-profit organization. One of our most important projects is to facilitate medical treatment and disease prevention education to over 135,000 Tibetans currently living in resettlement camps in India . We bring qualified volunteer health care professionals to these Tibetan communities to hold medical clinics and give treatments with a focus on acupuncture, nutritional education, self help skills, health talks, women's health education, and malaria prevention. We offer in-service training to local health practitioners. Our teams of health care professionals may include Oriental Medical practitioners, health care professionals, medical doctors, dentists, health educators, environmentalists, and other medical personnel. All services are offered on a volunteer basis.

e bring donated medical and health related supplies, as well as purchase sorely needed equipment or supplies directly in India . This has included a hospital generator and dental equipment. In addition, we sponsor individuals who need specialized treatments such as extensive lab work and tests, or medical procedures not available to them otherwise. At times, this requires transport of patients to nearby cities.

Please make a donation for the support the work for these volunteer medical clinics.