http://www.shemgroup.us Empowering and supporting Tibetan women's leadership Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:15:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Great people are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world." ---Ralph Waldo Emerson The overall goal of this project is to preserve the cultural traditions of Fudi Village. The immediate goal of this project is to buy 32 prayer wheels, repair the leaking ... http://www.shemgroup.us/2008/08/help-shem-usa-raise-8781-to-repair-the-prayer-hall-in-fudi-village/ [caption id="attachment_36" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="The women of Namtsoma village will receive solar cookers thanks to Shem USA donors!"][/caption] Thanks to generous Shem USA donors, 230 Namtsoma villagers will begin using their 45 new solar electricity generating panels this fall, considerably reducing women's workload and increasing family income. to see the full project ... http://www.shemgroup.us/2008/08/shem-usa-funds-its-first-project/