Clothes Project for Sichuan Tibetans

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Thank you! to Scott Piusz, Marcus Collins, and Dominica Darrington of Crown Relocations; Ian Crawford and members of the British Chamber in Shanghai; Anne Brady and members of Brits Abroad in Shanghai, Kate Pollitt and members of Austcham in Shanghai; Sue Bishop; and the many others who selflessly gave of their time and resources that made this clothes distribution project a huge success. Thanks to your efforts, 217 boxes of clothing and toys (10,208 items) were divided and distributed among twenty-three Tibetan students of Qinghai Normal University. These students were selected with the assistance of their Community Development teacher, Ms. Sha mo thar. These items were, in turn, distributed to 1,486 Tibetans (782 females; 704 males) living in Si khron (Sichuan)Province in the counties of Sde dge (Dege), Brag’go (Luhuo), Dkar mdzes (Ganzi), Nyag rong (Xinlong), Rong brag (Danba), 'dzam thang (Rangtang), Cha phreng (Xiangcheng), Rka khog (Hongyuan), Mdzod dge (Ruo’ergai) in Rnga ba (Aba) and Dkar mdzes (Ganzi) Tibetan autonomous prefectures and rural communities in the administrative district of Xichang City, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture. On 14 January 2009, the students arrived in Chengdu for a small workshop at The Bridge Fund Office to discuss how to develop final reports with detailed expense reports, approach village leaders, and select clothes recipients. The subprojects were implemented through group work. Each group selected a responsible person as the group leader to manage the project. These leaders were responsible for project fund expenditures, dividing clothes allocated to their group among group members, supervising project implementation, and collecting final reports and submitting them to the project manager. Students agreed to use these criteria in prioritizing recipients: those who lacked independent sources of income and/or who had very low income, were handicapped, had few livestock and little farmland, were elders living alone, were widows, were orphans, and were families with several children at schools in need of clothes because children who wear ragged clothes are often tormented by their peers at schools. Toys were given to children and larger-sized clothes were given to big people. Not only did 1,486 impoverished Tibetans benefit from this effort, but the students who implemented the project gained valuable experience in project planning, management, implementation, financial accounting, and final reporting. On behalf of all the recipients and students, we extend sincere appreciation to all of you. Yours truly, Rig ‘dzin mthar phyin and Dkon mchog dge legs
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