The Compassion Project

Fundraising Update:

We have crossed the halfway mark! 🎉

Current: $3,897
Goal: $7,000

Please consider donating today to help fund Sujata’s nursing program. Your donation will support a dedicated staff member of the Compassion Health Centre as she works toward achieving her educational goals.

And Sujata will bring that knowledge back with her when she returns to Tsum, helping strengthen health care in the community.

Thank you so much for your support!

Donate here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-compassion-project/campaign/higher-level-health-care-for-tsum-help-sujata-become-a-nurse/

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our fundraiser so far! I've sent messages of thanks through our fundraising platform, but I'd like to acknowledge all the anonymous donors too.

Thank you 💕

It has been awful watching the devastation caused by the floods to the east of Tsum. Luckily, Tsum wasn’t directly affected, but of course our thoughts are with those who have been harmed by this catastrophic event.

Even as tragedy strikes nearby, we continue our work with diligence, ensuring that villagers with medical needs receive care and that children are able to continue their studies.

We have currently raised $2,025 toward our $7,000 goal for Sujata’s nursing program.

If you haven't had a chance yet to donate:

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-compassion-project/campaign/higher-level-health-care-for-tsum-help-sujata-become-a-nurse/

Thank you for all the kind messages and care.

Jane Marshall, Director and Co-Founder

Photo: Sujata at a home birth

Please help us pay for a committed young woman to complete her nursing program!

Over the years we've been learning and growing in the community. Lives have been saved; suffering has been reduced.

Our health worker Sujata had the essential training needed to run the centre, and now, she's been accepted into a higher-level nursing program! Not only will this expand her personal educational journey as a young woman in Nepal, but she will then take her skills up to Tsum to help villagers.

Our fundraiser is at $725 of our $7000 goal. Please help us if you can!

Your donation will be directly spent on:

📕Tuition costs for the first, second, and third year of her program
📕 Uniforms
📕 Textbooks and school supplies
📕 Transportation to and from the institution (daily 2 hour bus ride)

Your support will:

👩‍⚕️Contribute to Sujata’s education and continued growth as a health care professional
👩‍⚕️ Strengthen the quality of care available to patients in Tsum Valley
👩‍⚕️ Build local health care capacity by investing in someone who is committed to the community
👩‍⚕️ Contribute to The Compassion Project's goal of improving health care in this remote region of Nepal.

Thank you for any help you can provide!

Please donate here: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-compassion-project/campaign/higher-level-health-care-for-tsum-help-sujata-become-a-nurse/

Hi everyone! This is Jane, Director and Co-Founder of The Compassion Project. My daughter Julie and I are trekking to Tsum, Nepal this fall. I'm so excited to go there with her. Julie is drawn to social justice courses in University and in life, and we'll be learning, growing, and helping as we volunteer at the Compassion Health Centre and school.

To create a positive impact with our trek, we've made a fundraiser. All money raised will go to funding the tuition of our health worker Sujata -- so that she can advance her nursing skills, then take those skills up into the mountains to help the villages.

We'd love for you to be part of this journey!

To donate, please click this link:

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-compassion-project/campaign/higher-level-health-care-for-tsum-help-sujata-become-a-nurse/

All donations receive an automatic tax receipt.

Thank you!

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Congratulations on your acceptance to nursing school, Sujata! We are very proud of you.

The Compassion Project is covering tuition for our long-time staff Sujata so that she can become a fully qualified nurse. She will be attending school in Kathmandu, and after she finishes, she will return to Tsum to continue her work with the community.

Our Operations Manager Tanzin Gyalzen Tsumpa is in Tsum now, and he says that there were many tears as the community said a temporary goodbye.

Sujata has made a big impact and helped so many people at the Compassion Health Centre. Join us in wishing her all the best as she takes her first steps on this part of her educational journey!

Immunizations and monthly weight checks. These photos were shared by our nurse, Sujata.

Great to see these beautiful, healthy babies!

Tsum Monastery
Tanzin Gyalzen Tsumpa
Dhawa Tashi

Our nurse Sujata taking care of Compassion School students. This is part of a deworming and nutritional support program to improve children's health and growth.

Tsum Monastery

Thank you for this beautiful message Dungse Rinpoche. We hope many children will thrive here for years to come.

We'd like to introduce you to our teacher, Thupten Phuntsok. Thupten has a big heart for his community. After being educated in India, he has returned to his home valley to help improve education and opportunities.

Here is Thupten's bio:

“I come from Tsum Valley, Nepal. When I was about six or seven years old, I went to India for my education and joined Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) School, Suja.

At TCV Suja, I studied English, Tibetan, Science, Social Science, and Mathematics, along with participating in different games and sports. The school helped shape my academic foundation as well as my discipline, responsibility, and values.

Between 2015 and 2018, I actively volunteered in the Environment Club, where I took part in activities related to environmental awareness and service. In 2017, I also volunteered during the 34th Kagyu Monlam World Peace Puja held in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, supporting the organization and smooth running of the event.

I completed my high school education at Tibetan Children’s Village School, Suja, studying there from 2007 to 2018.

After finishing school, I chose to deepen my understanding of traditional knowledge and pursued studies in Tibetan Astro-Science at the Tibetan Medical and Astrological College. I studied there from 2020 to 2024 and successfully completed the course.

This journey reflects both my academic background and my interest in service, culture, and Tibetan traditional sciences.”
— Thupten Phuntsok

We are really happy to be working together, Thupten.

Stay tuned to meet our Kindergarten teacher, Miss Samita!

Dungse RinpocheTanzin Gyalzen TsumpaTsum MonasteryDhawa TashiLopsang LamaPasang Lama

On Monday at 5:00 AM, our Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Sujata delivered a healthy baby in Lamagaun Village. The delivery was completed safely, and the mother and baby have been under supervision to ensure their health.

We are grateful for Sujata's continued service to the community, and for helping moms and babies have safer deliveries and supportive care.

Photos shared with permission from the mother.

Tsum MonasteryDungse RinpochePasang LamaSujata ThokarDhawa TashiTanzin Gyalzen TsumpaLopsang Lama