Support Shem USA’s Visionary Leadership Program!
Shem USA is excited to unveil the Visionary Leadership program! This program supports visionary Tibetan women leaders in actualizing long term social equity on the Tibetan plateau.
The urgent projects that Shem USA has funded to date address the immediate, even life-threatening problems that result from varying forms of social inequity. Such projects are crucial.
At the same time, we at Shem USA acknowledge that it is also key to invest time, energy, and money in addressing the root causes of social inequity. If these roots are not addressed then often the results of inequity—poor education, no health care, lack of housing, poor water quality, or limited electricity—will continue or even worsen. The complex, difficult, and long term work of realizing social equity often becomes a lifetime commitment for those involved.
Understanding this, Shem USA has designed the Visionary Leadership program to support young Tibetan women who have demonstrated longstanding commitment to generating social equity in their communities. The Visionary Leadership program will provide support for outstanding Tibetan women to pursue higher education in the field of their choice: giving them the flexibility and institutional support necessary to develop sustainable approaches that address varying forms of inequity.
We have already identified the 2010 Visionary Leader—Lhamotso, a founding director of Shem Tibet, who endeavors to pursue an MA in Education at Miriam College in the Phillipines.
Through her leadership, Lhamotso has opened the way for scores of young Tibetan women project managers to design and manage small scale projects that have transformed thousands of lives in impoverished areas across the Tibetan plateau. Over the past five years, as she has worked as director of Shem Tibet, Lhamotso has consistently put the needs of others before herself, turning down personal opportunities to work and study abroad in favor of building Shem Tibet into a thriving organization.
Directing Shem has demanded strategic thinking, long term planning, and dedication. A leader who places her community at the center of her work–Lhamotoso has demonstrated an unflagging dedication to serving Tibetan communities all over the plateau. An investment in her education is a long term investment in the future of Tibet.
withyour help, we endeavor to raise $14,940 –the total cost of a two year MA degree at Miriam college—by September 2010. Donate today to build Visionary Tibetan women’s leadership for tomorrow!
Attend our program launch!
To learn more about Lhamotso, read A Farm in the Desert: Lhamotso’s story
published in the Tibetan Women’s anthology Heavy Earth, Golden Sky
