AIDING TIBET

A number of foreign agencies and voluntary agencies have been participating in the "development" of Tibet since about 1987. In the last couple of years, however, the pace of setting up of international involvement in Tibet´s development has quickened. The following categories of aid agencies active in Tibet, which are not exhaustive, were compiled by Ann Forbes and Carole Mc Granahan, The result of their survey is to be published shortly by die organisations Cultural Survival and the International Campaign for Tibet.

INTERNATIONAL NGO:
Swiss Red Cross — health projects in the Shigatse area Save the Children (UK) — health and education projects, Lhasa District Medicins sans Frontieres (Belgium) — public health, Lhasa District Health Unlimited (British) — public health, Lhoka District Swedish Tibetan Society for School and Culture — school outside Lhasa Rokpa International — health and education, eastern Tibet (Kham) Boulder-Lhasa Sister City Project (USA) —exchanges between citizens, local government.

CONSERVATION:
Woodlands Mountain Institute (USA) — Qomolongma National Park Domestic Technology International (USA) — Series of conservation areas, including a bird conservatory at Lake Nam Tso World Conservatio n International (USA)— establishing conservation area on the Chang Thang Plateau.

UNITED NATIONS
World Food Programme — development of Lhasa River Valley
United Nations Development Programme — tourism project; funding to development projects United Nations Fund for Population Activities — maternal health and child-care project.

BILATERAL
Germany — Lhasa Leather Factory

Note: In addition, a project of Volunteer Services Overseas (UK-VSO) has been discontinued. Two other NGOs are also active: the Tibet Development Fund (Lhasa) and the International Fund for the Development of Tibet (Beijing). The Yamdrok Tso Hydroelectric Project is a Chinese scheme which receives funding from several development agencies.