KTM-care
Khyenkong Tharjay Manjughosha
Medical help
The purpose of the Khyenkong Tharjay Manjughosha (KTM) association, created in 2018, is essentially to provide medical care to Indian and Tibetan people residing in India or coming on pilgrimage to Bodhgaya, in the State of Bihar in India.
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The first medical missions took place in the winter of 2019-2020. They resumed in December 2022 and continue every winter in the poor villages on the outskirts of Bodhgaya. Malnutrition is rife in these villages, affecting all age groups. Hygiene remains precarious. Rheumatic complaints dominate: lumbago, kneecap pain and shoulder tendonitis. These are linked to working conditions in windy, cold and damp conditions, and to repetitive movements. Respiratory illnesses are also very common (colds, ear infections, bronchitis, asthma), as are skin diseases (scabies, eczema, fungal infections, chronic wounds caused by scratching)... For children, we come across ENT problems, fevers and dermatitis.
Alcohol, which is officially banned in the state of Bihar, also wreaks havoc: hepatitis due to adulterated alcohol in particular. The women who work in the fields and have large families (an average of 4 children per household) pay a heavy health price: anaemia, widespread pain, fatigue, gynaecological problems, etc.
We need your financial support to continue to ensure future medical missions !
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Food aid
In India, the lockdown period, which began on March 24, 2020, has exacerbated poverty and precariousness in a country where nearly nine out of ten workers work in the “informal” economy, without a fixed income.
Containment was maintained until September 6, 2020 in the state of Bihar, India’s poorest State.
The association Khyenkong Tharjay Manjughosha (KTM), has decided to support several distribution of food parcels in the villages surrounding Bodhgaya . The initiative for this food aid comes from Rahul, a young Indian who had assisted the association’s doctors as an interpreter.
For example, on August 15, 2020 in the village of Jarhari, 120 packages of food for a week were distributed and on September 7 in the village of Ram Nagar Bigha, 27 km from Bodhgaya. This action was financially supported by the partner association, Karmapa’s Health Care Project (KHCP), which provided €4,700 (out of the total amount of €8,710), which represents support, during each food distribution, to more than 150 families.
