Tibetan Aid Project

The Tibetan Aid Project (TAP) is an operation of the Tibetan Nyingma Relief Foundation.[1] TAP was founded in 1969 by Tarthang Tulku—a leading Tibetan master and teacher—to support the efforts of Tibetans to survive in exile and re-establish their cultural heritage. It is a 501 c (3) non-profit organization that primarily focuses on raising funds for the production, shipment and distribution of sacred texts, art and prayer wheels for the World Peace Ceremony in Bodh Gaya, India.[2]

During the Chinese invasion of 1959, more than 1 million Tibetans were killed and 6,237 monasteries were destroyed along with their libraries.[3] Over the years, TAP has filled hundreds of libraries with Tibetan books, stimulated education in the Himalayan region, fostered literacy across Tibetan society, improved the economy of Bodh Gaya, India, and enabled nuns—who were traditionally limited to non-scholastic activities—to study texts and earn advanced degrees.[4]

  1. ^ Your Friends the Tibetan Refugees: A Chronicle of the Tibetan Aid Project 1969-2000. Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing. 2001.
  2. ^ Better Business Bureau. "Charity Review". Retrieved 9 February 2012. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Holloway, Nigel (8 February 1996). "Publish or Perish". Far Eastern Economic Review: 38–40.
  4. ^ "About Us: Tibetan Aid Project". Retrieved 5 September 2011.