International Charities Supported by So-Hum

So-Hum’s international charities serve some of the most needy members of society: the very poor, women and children, physically and mentally handicapped adults and children, as well as under-served rural communities. Work supported includes orphanages and children’s homes, homes for the destitute and disabled, schools, health clinics and medical camps, eyesight restoration, micro-lending, environmental work, community development and other social services.

Each charity in this listing is organized by the primary service it provides. Additional services are noted below each listing.

Orphanages / Children’s Homes

• Reaching the Unreached, Tamil Nadu, India. www.rtuindia.org
  • Other services: School, Health Care / Health Center, Disabled Rehab / Home, Micro Lending, Community Development, other social services
• Sri Ram Ashram, Haridwar, UP, India. www.sriramfoundation.org
  • Other Services: School, Health Care / Health Center
• Sri Aurobindo Yoga Mandir, Katmandu, Nepal. www.sriaurobindoashram.org
  • Other Services: School
• Dickey Orphanage, Lhasa, Tibet. www.dickeyorphanage.org
• Karuna Trust, Tamil Nadu, India. www.karuna.org/
• Missionaries of Charity, Karunamala, Lucknow, India. home.comcast.net/~motherteresasite/addresses.html
  • Other Services: Home for Destitutes, Disabled Rehab/Home, Mentally Handicapped/Training.

Schools

• Alice Project (Universal Education School), Lumbini, Varanasi, UP, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India. www.aliceproject.org
  • Other Services: Orphanage/Children’s Home
• Central Asia Institute, Pakistan, Afghanistan. www.ikat.org
  • Other Services: Community Development
• Green Village Schools, Afghanistan. www.greenvillageschools.org/main.htm
  • Other Services: Community Development
• Maitreya Project International Affiliation at Root Institute), Bodhgaya, Bihar, India. www.rootinstitute.com/
  
• Satsang Foundation, Mandanpalle, Andhera Pradesh, India. www.satsang-foundation.org/
  
• Tibet Development Fund, Lhasa Tibet.  www.globalhand.org/
  • Other Services: Provides college scholarships for inland Tibetans.
    

Health Care / Health Centers

• Aravind Eye Hospitals, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. www.aravind.org/
  
• Arunachala Village Medical Project, Tamil Nadu, India          http://www.regenboogindia.org/pages/medical.htm
• Project for the Blind (Braille Without Borders), Tibet. www.braillewithoutborders.org/
  • Other Services: School
• Root Institute (Shakyamun Buddha Community Health Center), Bodhgaya, Bihar, India. www.rootinstitute.com/
  • Other Services: Home for Destitutes, Disables Rehab/Home, Community Development

Disabled Children & Adult Rehab

• Kiran Village, Varanasi, U.P., India. www.kiranvillage.org/cms/
  • Other Services: Orphanage/Children’s Home, School, Health Care/Health Center
• PNR Society, Bhavangar, Gujarat, India. merchantdds.com/wbaker/wb/
  • Other Services: Health Care/Health Center, Mentally Handicapped/Training
• Asha Niketan, Kolkata, Bengal, India. www.larche.org/
  
• Holy Family Hospital, Jarkhand, India.                                                       Contact:  Jeevodaya, c/o Holy Family Hospital                                                                    P.O. & Dist. Koderma 825410 Jharkhand, India                              Other Services: Schoool

Environmental

• Annamalai Reforestation Society, Tamil Nadu, India. ars-india.org/
  • Other Services: Community Development
• Friends of Tilonia (Barefoot College); Tilonia, Rajasthan, India. www.tilonia.com/
  • Other Services: School, Health Care/Health Center, Community Development
• Jane Goodall Institute. www.janegoodall.org/

Cultural Preservation/Community Development

• Eyak Preservation Council, Alaska, USA. www.redzone.org/
  • Other Services: Environmental
• Friends of the Tasaday, The Philippines. www.tasaday.com/
  • Other Services: Health Care Center, Environmental, Education
    
• Kesetifun Cultural Care Foundation, The Philippines.  http://suanalange.de/sikatpage/partner.htm
  
  • Other Services: School
• Women for Women International, Congo, Africa. www.womenforwomen.org/

US Charities (primarily engaged in international charitable work)

• American Service to India. www.asti1.org/
  • Services: School, Health Care/Health Center
• Center for Reduction of Religious Conflict.www.center2000.org/ Services: School

• Global Resource Alliance, Ojai, CA. http://www.globalresourcealliance.org/  Services: Micro Lending, Education, Community Development, Healthcare

Hands to Hearts International, Portland OR. www.handstohearts.org/Services: Orphanage/Children’s Home, Health Care/Health Center

• Mercy Corp, Portland, OR. www.mercycorps.org/
  • Services: International Relief & Development, Health Care/Health Center, Education, Community Development, other Social Services
• International Medical Teams (formerly Northwest Medical Teams), Portland, OR.  www.nwmedicalteams.org/
  • Health Care/Health Center, Education, Community Development, Cultural Preservation, other Social Services
• The Nomad Foundation, Ojai, CA.  www.nomadfoundation.org/
  • Services: School, Health Care/Health Center, Community Development, Cultural Preservation
• Seva Foundation, Berkeley, CA.  www.seva.org/
  • Services: Health Care/Health Center, Community Development, Cultural Preservation
• Tibetan Aid Foundation, Ojai, CA.  www.tibetanaid.org/
  • Services: Health Care/Health Center, Community Development