Karuna-Shechen provides medical services and health education to individuals and families through clinics, and mobile outreach programs. The people we serve live in remote nomad regions of Eastern Tibet, the outskirts and slums of Kathmandu, and in rural villages in India and Nepal. All of them belong to communities in great need of services.
“If humanitarian organizations developed more preventative health initiatives, there would be 30% less disease.” (WHO)
Menstrual hygiene is one of the most important, yet neglected, health issues in the developing world. In India, approximately 70%…
Karuna-Shechen has built and/or supports numerous clinics in Eastern Tibet that provide allopathic and Tibetan medicine. We also fund…
In India, Shechen Medical Center, Mobile Clinics and Camps provide medical care for more than 90,000 people a year.…
Many elderly people in Tibet and Nepal are destitute, without families, living alone in harsh conditions. In Nepal, the…
In Nepal, Karuna-Shechen is creating sustainable ways to provide fundamental medical services to the under-served through the Shechen Clinic…
It is estimated that 25% of Nepali women suffer from Uterine Prolapse, or Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP), a condition…
August 5 2018
Throughout the year, we are sharing updates as we build a health clinic and training center in the Indian state of Jharkhand. We invite you to follow along as the project unfolds and comes to life. ...
July 30 2018
Have you ever wondered what would happen if a bunch of supportive, generous people united together, across the planet, to provide warm and loving intentions for the same cause? Is this the kind of...
July 25 2018
Karuna-Shechen is bringing joy to the children we serve living in remote villages. We are doing this in a very unique and creative way! Thanks to your support, our soft toy program employs village wom...
July 18 2018
Because of your support, our project “Plant Kitchen Gardens for Families in Need in India” is growing strong! To date, we have received close to 800 donations from people around the world to grow ...
July 3 2018
The 12 women from Nepal who successfully completed Karuna-Shechen’s Solar Electrification Training this spring have already installed more than 100 solar electricity sets! Earlier this year, wome...
