AHF PROJECTS: A Successful History, A Hopeful Future
With 25 years' experience working in the Himalayas, we have learned how to make lasting changes - improving the lives of individuals and entire communities. Our groundbreaking work in education, healthcare, cultural preservation and the environment benefits people throughout the Himalaya and is always in response to their priorities and concerns.
Education
Education gives people the freedom to shape their own destinies. For us, it's investing in the future. Our investment thus far: we've helped over 11,000 children go to school in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, India and Pakistan, with more to come every year. Read More
Education gives people the freedom to shape their own destinies. For us, it's investing in the future. Our investment thus far: we've helped over 11,000 children go to school in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, India and Pakistan, with more to come every year. Read More
Health Care
Health care is important, and we're serious about it. Our commitment is to both the delivery of essential medical care in clinics, eye camps and hospitals and to training the next generation of doctors - both western and traditional - midwives and nurses. Read More
Health care is important, and we're serious about it. Our commitment is to both the delivery of essential medical care in clinics, eye camps and hospitals and to training the next generation of doctors - both western and traditional - midwives and nurses. Read More
Preserving Cultural Treasures
For Buddhist communities, temples and monasteries are at the heart of the culture. Many of these sacred spaces contain breathtaking art and architecture - often centuries old, often in need of rescue. Helping to preserve these cultural treasures is important to the community, and, therefore, to us. Read More
For Buddhist communities, temples and monasteries are at the heart of the culture. Many of these sacred spaces contain breathtaking art and architecture - often centuries old, often in need of rescue. Helping to preserve these cultural treasures is important to the community, and, therefore, to us. Read More
The Environment
Himalayan ecology is as fragile as it is dramatically beautiful. And it is under intense pressure. We combat environmental degradation by planting trees (almost 2 million so far), supporting sustainable agriculture, and building new water systems - for both people and imperiled animals. Read More
Himalayan ecology is as fragile as it is dramatically beautiful. And it is under intense pressure. We combat environmental degradation by planting trees (almost 2 million so far), supporting sustainable agriculture, and building new water systems - for both people and imperiled animals. Read More
Tibetans in Exile
Many Tibetan refugees in Nepal and the remote settlement camps in India need help with the basics - food, education, healthcare and shelter. They also need a way, in their uncertain lives as exiles, to make a living. We help with both. Read More
Many Tibetan refugees in Nepal and the remote settlement camps in India need help with the basics - food, education, healthcare and shelter. They also need a way, in their uncertain lives as exiles, to make a living. We help with both. Read More
Inside Tibet
Tibetan nomads inside Tibet struggle to survive and keep a tenuous hold on their traditional way of life. We bring the very basics: clean water, bridges, schools, clinics and care for elderly, to the most remote and isolated Tibetan communities in eastern Tibet. A little help goes a long way here. Read More
Tibetan nomads inside Tibet struggle to survive and keep a tenuous hold on their traditional way of life. We bring the very basics: clean water, bridges, schools, clinics and care for elderly, to the most remote and isolated Tibetan communities in eastern Tibet. A little help goes a long way here. Read More
Sherpas and Everest
AHF really began on the narrow trails that lead to Everest. Our partnership with Sir Edmund Hillary to help the Sherpas is two decades strong now - and we can see the amazing difference that long-term commitment and dedication from both sides can make. Read More
AHF really began on the narrow trails that lead to Everest. Our partnership with Sir Edmund Hillary to help the Sherpas is two decades strong now - and we can see the amazing difference that long-term commitment and dedication from both sides can make. Read More