A message from our Executive Director:

Just how far will you go to save the planet?

Will you travel to Eastern Tibet to teach Tibetan children English or help us install solar panels for the kids' first ever hot water? Will you come to Kenya to help the Matulani build their own safari camp or assist our friend Rosana with the day to day needs of her 1,800 orphans?

We understand that many people are not in the position to make a donation nowadays and we appreciate nothing more than the donation of time and material!

If you feel so inspired to make a tax-free donation (we are an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) non profit), we will make sure that it goes directly to the root of a cause -- not into the pockets of corrupt local officials or pricey NGO consultants (I am paid $1 a year because the IRS requires that I receive a salary).

Please help us help us in our mission to empower hard working local humanitarians and environmentalists to nurture defenseless children, creatures and green life all over the planet.

If you don’t do it for others...or for the planet...then do it for yourself. The act of giving is the only road to contentment.

Rick Montgomery

Executive Director, Global Roots

rick.globalroots@gmail.com

Rick Montgomery (right) with Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia Inc. discussing strategies to protect the embattled region of Chilean Patagonia.

Volunteer of the Year

Travis Gearhart traveled from the United States to earthquake-stricken Sichuan on a relief mission. Along the way he found a teacher in dire need of support for his needy Tibetan students.

In 2008 a Global Roots team traveled to a children's home in Shangri La (Eastern Tibet) to deliver food, clothing and other supplies. Daisy Zuo, Global Roots project manager and Patrick Firouzian, a volunteer photographer, led the mission.

Besides taking 52 children shopping for warm jackets and shoes (our Executive Director mandated that each child be allowed to shop for him or herself), Daisy also interviewed each child with the help of Tsebho, another Global Roots volunteer. The interview process was designed to identify the children who will benefit most from a Global Roots scholarship to attend a well-equipped boarding school outside of Tibet. Without a proper education, these kids will never be able to pass China's difficult college entrance examinations. Click the icon after this text to learn more about this new Global Roots program and how you can help. Our goal is to give each and every one of these orphans the tools they need to survive in a Han-dominated Tibetan economy. We are setting up more supply missions in the future so please contact us if you have supplies you can donate or if you would like to sponsor one of our orphans. We will mail you a book which will tell you more about each of these amazing kids..their favorite things and even what they want to do when they grow up!

Tendol Galzur has adopted hundreds of abandoned kids across the Tibetan Plateau. We met Tendol

in 2001 and have been supporting her kids with supplies ever since...