Who We Are

Tibetan Healing Fund is a Seattle based non-profit organization with board members and supporters throughout the US. Tibetan Healing is unique in many ways; it was founded by a Tibetan Buddhist monk, medical doctor and signigicantly relies on local Tibetans to implement projects.

In-Country Tibetan Volunteers and Advisors

THF’s In-Country team creates partnerships in the region to achieve greater synergy with individuals, communities and organizations. Our partnerships include many local organizations, businesses, a Tibetan university, hospitals, education and health bureaus. Our projects are mainly in the Amdo region, but recently we have expanded to the other Tibetan regions of Kham and U-Tsang.

Tibetan Healing Fund currently has an exceptional group of volunteers and advisors in Qinghai Province (Amdo) of experienced local ethnic Tibetans. This group plans, implements, monitors and evaluates projects. These Tibetans understand with intimate detail the situation in rural villages having grown up in similar circumstances. The advisory committee is in close contact with people at the village level and this information is used to assist the projects.

In-Country Team: Mr. Sangjie Gyamtso, Dr. Lhusham Gya, Dr. Tsering Kyi, Dr. Tanpie Junnie and Ms. Yangmo Tso.

US Board of Directors (February 2008)

In the US, Tibetan Healing Fund has an active and highly experienced board based in Seattle, Los Angeles and Dallas. In 2007, Tibetan Healing Fund transformed from a two paid staff in Seattle to the Board of Directors operating as a volunteer team and is responsible for fiscal management, fundraising, strategic planning, project development & administration.

Founder and President: Dr. Kunchok Gyaltsen, MIIM, MPH, PhD Candidate UCLA School of Public Health.

Co-Vice President: Thinley Gyatso.

Treasurer: Tenzing Thinley, PE.

Secretary: Marge Mansfield, LM, CPM.

Acknowledgments: Tibetan Healing Fund would like to extend our deepest thanks to our departed board members, Ellen Wilcox and Julie Tokashiki for their tireless support and generosity as a board members.

Friends of Tibetan Healing Fund

Volunteer Coordinator: Nortso Gyaltsong.

Tibetan Healing Fund relies on the generosity and support of volunteers in the US. Please contact thf.friends@hotmail.com for more information about volunteering or upcoming volunteer oportunities.