Empathetic Listening &
Compassionate Training

The foundation’s Empathetic Listening and Compassionate Training program brings one-on-one counseling services to some of the neediest individuals living in upstate New York.

Led by board director Tenzin Shaydrup, One Drop of Kindness currently provides compassionate listening, mindfulness and meditation services to approximately 260 homeless, disabled and low-income people in the Kingston and Woodstock areas of New York. With support from Peter Buffett’s NoVo Foundation, this program also offers such practical help as financial literacy counseling (e.g. budgeting, credit score recovery and debt relief) to those in need.

Board Director & program leader, Tenzin Shaydrup

(Actual photos not used to the protect privacy of participants)