Khoryug

Khoryug is an eco-monastic association in the Himalayas working on environmental and climate issues under the auspices of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa. The organization consists of over 50 Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and nunneries ranging from Ladakh in northwest India to Ura in Bhutan. It was established in 2009 with coordination by Dekila Chungyalpa and technical assitance from her former colleagues at WWF, and has continued to flourish over the last 15 years. Since 2015, Khoryug has focused on disaster preparedness and has 300+ trained monks and nuns in disaster response and first aid. During the COVID pandemic, Loka was able to create, translate, and distribute COVID guidelines to all the Khoryug monasteries and nunneries, helping protect their communities from the dangers of the pandemic. Khoryug stands for Rangjung Khoryug Sunkyob Tsokpa, Environmntal Protection Organization in Tibetan. Its main coordinating monastic bodies are: Bokar Ngedon Chokhor Ling Monastery in India and Pullahari Monastery in Nepal.