Munsel Foundation has been active participant in the development of the Munsel School Project since January 2006.

The 2007-08 school year saw 15 children moved to Yushu (Jyekundo) town and begin living in a rented house near a public school. 2008-09 an additional 20 children came to live in a purchased home 5 minutes from the public school.

April 14, 2010 at 7:49AM a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the town. In less than a minute most buildings had collapsed. Five Munsel School children died that day. Due to the heroic efforts of the adult staff 25 children survived.

Most children returned to the villages for two months after the earthquake. All 25 children returned to Yushu and continue to attend school. They are living in refugee tents. Winter is coming and Munsel Foundation, along with other humanitarian aid groups, is working to prepare them for a harsh winter. Yushu is on the Tibetan Plateau at about 12,000 feet in altitude.

Monthly expenses for the children and staff is $2500.

Adult School: Feb. 2008 Munsel Foundation began adult education with 70 women and men of all ages. For 3 months they studied intensively Chinese and math.

Since then we have offered classes in Tibetan, Chinese and math at the villages, in Yushu, to students in a classroom setting, and to an extended family in their home compound.

Due to the earthquake all classes have stopped but there is interest and plans are being made to begin again during the winter months when the participants will be in tent cities in designated areas of the Jyekundo valley.

Vietnam: Since 2003, Munsel Foundation dba Foodaid Compassion has been actively working in all areas of Vietnam.

Along with humanitarian aid to those in need, the elderly, disabled, homeless, orphaned, almost 1000 shallow water wells, which includes the well, pump and a concrete apron, have been dug. Approximate costs for wells in Vietnam are about $120 US . Between 4 and 10 families use each well. They are never for just one family. Each well is named after the donor who gave the money to dig it.

Yearly, 3-4 small one and two room schools are built in rural areas which are used during the day for children's education and at night for adult education and village meetings.

Also foot bridges which allow children to cross rivers to attend school and people to pass easily back and forth have been built since the start of the projects in 2002.

Food aid, medicine, winter clothing and bedding are funded on a case by case need to the very poor in the areas where we work.