2009 Major Activities and Timeline

For the Himalayan Institute Humanitarian Initiatives, 2009 was an exciting and very busy year. Here is a timeline of major events:

HI Cameroon

Himalayan Institute Cameroon

HI Tibetan Settlements

Himalayan Institute & Tibetan Partnership

HI India

Himalayan Institute India

HI Mexico

Himalayan Institute Mexico

January	HI Tibetan Settlements An in-depth planning trip is made to Rabgayling Tibetan Settlement in South India to begin Energy Farming program.
February	HI Cameroon Himalayan Institute Cameroon launches new Total Health branch center in Mbveh. Read more.
February	HI India Himalayan Institute India campus in Allahabad hosts 100 guests from around the world as part of the Kamakhya spiritual excursion.
March	HI Tibetan Settlements The Energy Farming program launches at Rabgayling Tibetan settlement. A model Pongamia pinnata nursery with 8,000 seedlings and a 20-acre demonstration farm are established. Read more.
April	HI Cameroon Himalayan Institute Cameroon launches new Total Health branch center in Jakiri. Read more.
May	HI Cameroon Total Health Mobile Unit launches, reaching hundreds of villages in surrounding region. Read more.
	HI Cameroon New Vision, a reading glasses program, launches, bringing affordable reading glasses to the people of Kumbo, Cameroon. Read more.
	HI Tibetan Settlements A Himalayan Institute delegation has a private audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at NYC Town Hall in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Tibetan exile.
	HI Mexico A Himalayan Institute team visits Puebla, Mexico, to begin preparations for bringing the Institute’s humanitarian projects to Mexico.
June	HI Cameroon Himalayan Institute Cameroon launches two community well projects in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. Read more.
	HI Cameroon The Center for Carpentry & Construction launches its first training program in woodworking and furniture making. Read more.
	Himalayan Institute Buffalo holds its 30th anniversary celebration.
	Pandit Rajmani Tigunait goes on a weeklong lecture tour in Japan.
July	HI India Himalayan Institute India secures a new, 14-acre campus near the sacred shrine of Khajuraho in Central India, which will be developed into an educational retreat center.
July	The Spirituality in Action Conference is hosted in Honesdale, PA, with delegates from around the world.
August	HI India Himalayan Institute India annually sponsors village schools and provides scholarships.
September	HI Cameroon Himalayan Institute Cameroon’s annual scholarship program awards scholarships to 42 students. Read more.
October	HI Cameroon Construction begins on Kumbo Public Library. The library is slated to open by the end of 2009. Read more.
	HI Cameroon Himalayan Institute Cameroon Sacred Link Jewelry program goes mobile and launches its first mobile jewelry training course to over 30 women in Bamenda, Cameroon.
	Pandit Rajmani Tigunait goes on a weeklong lecture tour and humanitarian scouting trip in Brazil.
November	HI Tibetan Settlements A Himalayan Institute team returns onsite to expand the Energy Farming project to three neighboring Tibetan settlements in South India.
December	HI Mexico Himalayan Institute Mexico branch center is officially established; a Himalayan Institute team goes to Mexico to begin Energy Farming programs.