Geshe Pema Dorjee describes charitable work in Nepal and Northeast India: meal programs for elderly villagers, orphan homes, and medical funds for patients traveling to Kathmandu. He stresses transparency and invites donors to visit sites in person, rejecting charity as advertising.
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We should say thank you. From words is easy. Just to think that, oh, my mother took care of me so many years and still she worries about me. And this is, I think, we really have to revive. One of the great Indian scientists called Dr. Abdul Kalam, he said, he said, okay, mothers are the funniest person on this planet. Why? She, she bring the baby in the, in the womb for 9 months, and then she brings on her arm for at least like 3 or 4 years, and then forever in her heart. This shows how much we are connected with other human beings. And then anything like food, clothing, medicine, education, everything is coming from others. So we have to really learn how to respect others. Therefore, we say doing something good for others is a very, very beautiful action.
Yeah, thank you, thank you, thank you. I'd love now, and I think we all are eager to hear because it will uplift us to know what, what are your projects now that you are helping, that we can help you with? And again, the links are there for any donations. This is compassion fundraising, not just fundraising, but any particular of your projects that you'd like to tell us about? And can we go visit them in Nepal or India?
Yes, it is, of course, the best is to visit. So these days, to believe or to trust someone is quite hard. I always ask my friend to visit and see, check what we have done and what we are doing and what we are planning to do. And then they are also involved. They are very happy. Today in the morning, I received message from one of my friend from coming from Sweden, and she was selling some bracelet. And the selling the bracelet, the profit is she's giving food, which is called one hot meal a day for old and handicapped people in the village. Every day, about 20, 25 old people, handicapped people comes there and they get a lunch free because they have no chance to get a good meal a day. Sometimes they get, okay, and sometimes they really don't get anything. So therefore, like, these types of projects are very handy, not very big, but very beautiful, okay. And then you say we wanted to support and orphan home, or we, we want to sponsor a child, orphan child, or we wanted to give a medical fund because we need a lot of medical funds. So many people are coming from remote village to the Kathmandu and they have no money, and then they have to go back again. So if we support their medical expenses, at least they get the medical treatment. So like this, there are so many practical things, okay? And there, of course, I will say best thing if you could visit and I can show. And also, I'm not so good in explaining this, okay? I don't want to advertise my work, which I don't like, because this becomes so sort of like business type. I don't want to put so many photos of there's so many poor people 'Oh, I taught a lot about poor people.' This becomes like a little bit like a business advertisement, which breaks my heart. But in short, I think you understood what I'm saying, okay? And if you are able to visit the remote village in Northeast India or in Nepal, and that will show you whole picture, okay? And then also what we have done. Yeah. And of course you can ask me to send some story or some link or that is okay. That is no problem because these days there are so many links. Okay. So I'm very happy to do all these things. Yeah.
