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As an expression of Tara’s compassion, Tara Dhatu has endeavored to raise money for a number of varied humanitarian projects.  Lilliha Nancy Herington and Anahata Iradah are the current directors of the Humanitarian Outreach Program, working  with Pabitra Lama and Headmaster Buche to bring education and hope to the Tibetan refugee and impoverished Nepali children of Kathmandu.  Amara Karuna continues to find new sponsors for the monks of Sera Je Monastery in southern India.  They are delighted to work together with sincere supporters all over the world to bring the blessings of our concern and willingness to help.

The current focus of our Humanitarian Outreach

Atisha School Kathmandu For 25 years, this school has provided a primary education for Tibet’s youngest and poorest refugees.  It is part of the oldest Tibetan refugee community in Nepal. The community is very poor and the sponsorship of a child covers their food, clothing and some medical care as well as all school fees. (to read more…)
Pabitra Lama’s Educate the Children Pabitra Lama has a home right on the Kora path around the great stupa of Boudha in Kathmandu. Often families who cannot feed or support their children abandon them on the stupa. Pabitra has taken several of them in and arranges for their education. (to read more…)
The Tashi Delek Project When Tara Dhatu took a group of pilgrims to the South of India to visit the Tibetan refugee camps they were introduced to Sera Je. The teenage monks at the facility they visited were living in extreme, uncomfortable conditions. One of our members created this project to help the young monks  (to read more)

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Tara Dhatu’s Humanitarian outreach started shortly after the Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises of Tara was born. Prema had been traveling in Orissa, India and was introduced to a small group of Tibetan refugee nuns whose teacher was revered as a great siddha. She raised the money for their support through articles she wrote for Snow Lion Publication (To read these wonderful stories, click here).

With the creation of Tara Dhatu and its nonprofit status, the organization took on the task of directing funds to these nuns in need. The vision and scope of this work  expanded greatly following the 1998 Tara Dance Pilgrimage to India and Nepal. There the delegation made connections with schools, nunneries, and organizations housing families and senior citizens. Joni Haug agreed to manage these connections and assumed the role of Charity Director.

She managed this role for ten devoted years. Through Tara Dhatu our members continue to support Tibetan children at the Tibetan Children’s Village in Dharamsala,  and Tibetan nuns at Dolma Ling and Kachoe Gyakil Ling Nunneries.

We have helped one impoverished mother in Brazil get trained as a nurse’s aide so she could support her three children. Story about Aline

We have sent support to an ecological school for impoverished children in Bahia, Brazil.

Our efforts are small but we have made and continue to make a difference. This small story illustrates this perfectly.

An old man walked the beach at dawn.
He noticed a young man ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea.
Finally catching up with the youth,  he asked the young man why he was doing this.
The answer was that the stranded starfish would die if left until the morning sun.
“But the beach goes on for miles and there are millions of starfish,” countered the old man.
“How can your effort make any difference?”
The young man looked at the starfish in his hand and then threw it to the safety of the waves.
“It makes a difference to this one,” he said.

Please join us in making a difference in this world.

May All Beings Be Happy
May All Beings Be Free