ROKPA UK

Mission

The word Rokpa means 'help' or 'serve', in Tibetan. Our aim is to unite compassion and wisdom in our actions in order to ease the burden of people in need regardless of their religion, origin or culture, and to support them toward self-sufficiency. We seek to promote gender equality and women's empowerment by emphasising the education of girls, helping to bring about social change to address the historic gender gap in education.

Programs

ROKPA provides care and education, emergency relief, health care, training in health, food, cultural and reforestation projects in Tibetan areas of China, Nepal, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. In the Tibetan regions of China ROKPA focuses on the education of orphaned or poor children (56% of which are girls) from rural and nomadic families. ROKPA gives relief to a number of Tibetan refugees in India, and supports the education in the UK of young people from the overseas projects.

Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Primary Education for Tibetan Orphans

Personnel Overview

Sandra Goodfellow - Donor Co-ordinator
Sandra has worked as a volunteer with ROKPA for three years and co-ordinates our regular and occasional donors.

Personnel Statistics

Victoria Long,
Director
Founded in 1980
Employees: 0
Volunteers: 20

Financial Statistics

Budget (2009): £ 309,482
Maximum Budget: £ 369,401
Overhead: 7 %
Other funding sources: DONORS 87% CORPORATE 3% TRUSTS & LEGACIES 10%
Religious Affiliation: Our principles are Buddhist-based, but we are non-discriminating.