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The Tibetan Nuns Project is working to alleviate this situation. A sponsorship program initiated in 1991 has grown steadily over the years and now supports over 400 nuns. Several new nunneries have been established to provide housing and education for these arrivals from Tibet.
The Tibetan Nuns Project also assists the established nunneries in the Dharamsala area, with a particular emphasis on improving health, sanitation, and education. The plan for the future is to build an Institute of Higher Studies: it will be the first of its kind available to ordained Tibetan women. Eventually, we would like to make it available to non-ordained women as well.The goal of the Tibetan Nuns Project is to assist these courageous women in developing external resources and skills to complement their demonstrated inner resources.
We want to support them in becoming effective agents, determining the course of their own lives, taking leadership roles in the community, and serving others.
the Foundation has a special interest in preserving Tibetan religious art. The Foundation's most active program, the Himalayan Art Project,
maintains an extensive collection of Tibetan thangkas and supports the production and dissemination of a wide range of educational and art-related material. The project provides grants to individuals,museums and monasteries in the United States and other nations, is supporting the publication of a book presenting a portion of its art collection, and is building a virtual museum at the Foundation's website, www.tibetart.com.
