On December 22, 2024, Hozan Alan Senauke, founder and director of the Buddhist Humanitarian Project, died, a year after having suffered a cardiac arrest. During that year, while he was able to return home and resume some of his work in the world, Hozan Alan never fully recovered. With his passing, the Buddhist Humanitarian Project is no longer taking donations.
If you would like to contribute to another similar organization aligned with the mission of the Buddhist Humanitarian, please consider Hozan Alan’s long time collaborators, the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, based in Thailand. If you want to contribute somewhere and you need your donation to be tax exempt, please consider the US based Buddhist Global Relief, which is headed by a good friend of Hozan Alan’s, Bhikkhu Bodhi.
To read more about Hozan Alan’s life, including the work of the Buddhist Humanitarian Project please see his obituary here.
The Myanmar (Burma) government and military is engaged in an ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people. In 2017, more than 700,000 Rohingya were forced to leave their homes. We call on Buddhist friends around the world to take a stand against this violence, and to support Rohingya refugees.
At present our primary focus is on organizing a mass petition/letter to the Myanmar State Sangha Committee, and raising funds for humanitarian relief. We encourage you to read the letter, sign the letter, and make a donation to support those most affected by the violence.
The Buddhist Humanitarian Project is an initiative organized by the Clear View Project, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization based in Berkeley, California. A partner organization within the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, the Clear View Project has worked extensively on humanitarian projects throughout Myanmar, Bangladesh, and India. The current focus of the Buddhist Humanitarian Project is to provide aid and support for Rohingya communities in Myanmar, Bangladesh and India.
In March 2018, the International Interfaith Peace Corps organized a high-level delegation to the Rohingya refugee camps on the Bangladesh/Myanmar border. They invited Hozan Alan Senauke, initiator of the Buddhist Humanitarian Project, as well as Richard Reoch, former president of Shambhala’s global community, to represent the Buddhist world. It was during this visit that the Buddhist Humanitarian Project launched our international appeal, urging the global Buddhist community to support Rohingya refugees.
Thank you for your generosity in supporting the Rohingya people. Our dana can say to Rohingya peoples and to the world that the rain of Buddha’s compassion falls on all beings equally.
The Buddhist Humanitarian Project is an initiative of the Clear View Project, a 501(c)(3) organization based in Berkeley, California. Learn more about the Rohingya crisis and the BHP here, or contact us for more information. You can read our privacy policy here.