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Troru Tibetan Medical College is the UK Dzogchen Community's link project with ASIA, designated by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Our aim is to raise £13,000 towards the building of a medical college at Troru in East Tibet, and already more than £5,000 of this has been raised during 2009 and 2010. Building started at Troru during the summer of 2010. The final project will consist of:
This project will not only bring health benefits to the local region but will also preserve a particularly precious medical tradition for future generations throughout the world. 
What You Can DoYou can adopt Troru College by committing to contribute a regular monthly sum by direct debit. This will help ensure the completion of the construction work and after that the equipping of the college where the students will be trained. In this way you help to preserve a unique medical tradition and improve health conditions in the local region. Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for the bankers order and Gift Aid form to complete. As a gift you will receive an Adopt Tibet T-shirt to show your participation. Alternatively you can make a donation. If you are a member of the Dzogchen Community UK your donation to ASIA will attract Gift Aid automatically. If you are not a member, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for the Gift Aid form. Please make all cheques payable to "Dzogchen Community UK Ltd", or make an on-line donation through Paypal now!
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BackgroundTroru is a root monastery of the Troru Kagyud lineage and is located in Jomda County, Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibetan Autonomous Region. The monastery was the seat of Khempo Troru Tsenam, one of Tibet’s leading physician monks, until his death in 2004. Khempo Tsenam was Directing Physician and Professor of Medicine at the Central Institute in Lhasa and editor-in-chief of the Tibetan Medicine volumes of the China Medical Encyclopedia. At a time of disruption and debasement of Tibetan Medicine, he was instrumental in re-establishing traditional medical understanding. In 2004, Khenpo Tsenam completed a hospital at Troru, but his goal of building a college and training new doctors is still to be realized. The five doctors now living in Troru are holders of a very special medical tradition rooted in Khempo Tsenam’s innovation and depth of traditional knowledge. They wish to pass this on. Supported by local people, ASIA has been working in this region since 1993 on social, educational, health and cultural projects. In 2007, ASIA obtained funds for the building of the college at Troru. Detailed plans were drawn up in February 2008. An agreement has been reached with a construction company and building commenced during the Summer of 2010.
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