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Organizations/Projects that could be considered to be involved with socially engaged or environmentally aware Buddhism.



The Karuna Trust - UK-based Buddhist organization affiliated with the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order that has education, health and cultural projects for poor people in India of any religion. Also helps fund Buddhist activities.
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Earth Sangha - Buddhist environmental nonprofit organization founded on the premise that the Buddhist way of looking at life can play a major role in healing the planet's environmental crisis. Formal mission to practice Buddhism in ways that help people become better stewards of the planet, and to do the practical environmental work that good stewardship demands.
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Buddhist Peace Fellowship - The Buddhist Peace Fellowship, founded in 1978, brings together Buddhist teachings with progressive social action. Programs include peace and justice work, prison work, Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement, and the magazine Turning Wheel.
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Multicultural Buddhists for Peace - Buddhist people of color multicultural interfaith message board and speakers bureau sponsoring diversity in the heart of Americans to achieve peace, religious tolerance, heal racism, end violence, and alleviate poverty.
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Tzu Chi Foundation - Taiwanese compassionate relief organization.
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Network of Engaged Buddhists UK - Politically and socially engaged Buddhists in the UK.
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Rokpa UK - Non-sectarian non political approach to raising money to build schools and clinics in some of the poorest areas of the world. RokpaUK Charity is based at Samye Ling Tibetan Centre in the boorders of Scotland.
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Himalayan Kingdom Foundation Trust - A private non-profit organization based in Nepal, sponsoring projects marketing Nepali goods to benefit the educational, social, medical, artistic and spiritual needs of the Nepalese people.
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Rokpa USA - Works in the areas of basic and further education, health care, relief of hunger, preservation of culture, self-help and ecology.
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Rokpa - An international family of charities helping the hungry, sick, orphaned and poor.
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Jamyang Choling - An innovative education project for Himalayan women with buddhist orientation.
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Dharma Gaia Trust - Project with a mission to nurture awareness of the complementarity of Buddhism and ecology.
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Buddhist Relief Mission - Buddhist Relief Mission is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization supporting Buddhist projects worldwide, particularly in remote areas.
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UWTC - Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, Collegiate Association, Seattle Chapter
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The Anand Society (Steuncomité Anand) - This group of enthusiasts invites visitors to the Buddhist holy sites, and to Bodhgaya in particular, to really practice the concepts of metta and karuna by supporting the Jeevan Deep network of education projects for Bodhgaya's communities of "untouchables".
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Amida Trust - Features group gathering a corps of people seriously interested in developing humanitarian projects on Buddhist principles to help overcome suffering in the world.
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Tzu-Chi Foundation: Northern California Chapter - The Buddhist Compassion Relief, Tzu-Chi Foundation is a non-profit organization whose objective is to provide charity, medical treatment, educational development, and cultural promotion to the needy and the society worldwide
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Zen Peacemaker Community - A network of people and organizations practicing a vision of peace through study, spiritual practice, and social action.
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Metta Welfare Association - Singaporean organization working for welfare of the poor, the elderly, the disabled and the terminally ill.
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Buddhism in Braille - Dharma Access Project provides free brailled prayers to dharma centers, friends and family members of the blind. Contact information.
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Strawberry Dragon Zendo - A Buddhist outreach program supporting peaceful social action in places such as prisons, hospitals and with our Native American people.
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Zaltho Foundation - Promotes peace and nonviolence in and among individuals, families, societies and countries. It supports all efforts to attain this goal through whatever peaceful and non-violent means are available.
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Zen Environmental Studies Center - Formed in 1992 to coordinate Zen Mountain Monastery's activities in the areas of environmental education, recreation, research, and protection. Information on activities and philosophy.
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