THE COMPASSION PROJECT

What THE COMPASSION PROJECT does

The Compassion Project is a federally registered Canadian charity founded by Jane Marshall in 2015 in response to the Nepal earthquakes, delivering free healthcare and early childhood education to the population of the remote Himalayan Tsum Valley in northern Gorkha district, Nepal. Its core programs are the Compassion Health Centre, located in Lamagaun village at approximately 3,300 metres elevation, and the Compassion Education preschool and kindergarten program, both staffed by a small team of locally hired Nepalese personnel alongside Canadian volunteers. The organization explicitly identifies itself as 100 percent volunteer-run, with no paid Canadian staff, and operates in a catchment where no alternative free clinic or comparable preschool exists for surrounding villages.

The charity's service model combines year-round community-based primary care (including a documented response to the May 2024 hepatitis outbreak in Lamagaun, with the centre serving as a coordination and triage node) with structured early childhood education for local families that would otherwise lack access. Programs are delivered through on-the-ground Nepal staff and supported remotely by Canadian volunteers handling fundraising, partner communications, and reporting. A donor-engagement channel is provided through the annual Trek to Tsum experience, run in partnership with Tsum Valley Treks and Expedition, which brings supporters into direct contact with the charity's operating environment.

Revenue is sourced from individual donations processed via CanadaHelps, recurring grants from the Town of Canmore, and a more recent Kalamalka Lodges grant representing a modest diversification of institutional funding. The organization publishes no audited financials on its website; funding scale is implied to be small relative to typical Western NGOs, consistent with a nine-person volunteer operation. The stated strategic intent is to remain small and sustainable while honoring long-term commitments to the Tsum community, rather than to pursue scale, additional geographies, or commercial diversification.

Name

THE COMPASSION PROJECT

Legal name

The Compassion Project

Website

https://compassionfortsum.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Compassion Project is a Canadian registered charity, founded in 2015 by Jane Marshall, that delivers free healthcare and early childhood education to the remote Himalayan Tsum Valley population in Nepal through a volunteer-run health clinic in Lamagaun and a preschool program serving local families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Healthcare and Education

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

Keywords

• Community healthcare services
• Rural medical clinics
• Early childhood education
• Maternal and infant care
• Humanitarian aid programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton, Alberta

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations from supporters: Individual donors contribute to fund the healthcare centre and education program. The organization is 100% volunteer run with no money wasted on administration.
2. Grant funding: The organization receives grant funding from municipalities (Canmore grants 2021-2023, Kalamalka grant 2024) to support operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Compassion Project operates a free healthcare clinic and a free early education program for residents of remote Tsum Valley, Nepal. Compassion Health Centre provides local primary, maternal, emergency, and evacuation-related care, while Compassion Education provides play-based learning, pre-literacy skills, community-building activities, and a daily hot lunch.

Product overview

The Compassion Project operates as a single unified charitable initiative focused on providing healthcare and education to the remote Tsum Valley region of Nepal. The organization offers two core programs: Compassion Health Centre (free healthcare clinic serving villagers at 3,300m elevation) and Compassion Education (early childhood education with hot lunch program). Additional services include emergency helicopter rescue capabilities and guided Trek to Tsum experiences. All programs are delivered through a 100% volunteer-run model with minimal administrative overhead, working in partnership with local Tsum Valley communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Compassion Health Centre: Free healthcare clinic located at 3,300m in Lamagaun village, providing medical care to villagers in remote Tsum Valley
• Compassion Education

Products and services

• Compassion Health Centre A free clinic at 3,300m in Lamagaun village serving Tsum Valley residents with treatment for cuts, physical trauma, infections, respiratory issues, urinary tract infections, gastritis, pre- and post-natal care, and home births, as well as support for helicopter rescue during complex emergencies.
• Compassion Education A free early education program for children from Lamagaun, Burgi, and surrounding villages, providing play-based learning, pre-literacy skills, community-building activities, and a daily hot lunch.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced need for villagers to walk or be carried to distant medical centres
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tsum Valley Treks and ExpeditionminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2015Trekking company owned and operated by Tanzin Lama, The Compassion Project's Operations Manager. The company offers treks to visit The Compassion Project's work in Tsum Valley firsthand, connecting visitors with the local community, projects, and stunning Himalayan landscapes. It provides a meaningful way for supporters to experience the region while supporting local employment.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Partners in Health: Partners in Health builds and operates health systems in resource-poor settings globally, with community health workers, maternal care, and education components. Same core mission of bringing quality healthcare to the underserved, but at substantially larger scale.
• International Medical Corps: International Medical Corps delivers emergency relief, healthcare, and education in disaster and humanitarian contexts including South Asia. Overlaps in humanitarian health and education delivery but with global mandate and broader portfolio.
• Direct Relief: Direct Relief is a large-scale humanitarian medical aid organization providing medicines and supplies to health facilities worldwide including remote and disaster-affected regions. Comparable as a humanitarian health intermediary but at vastly broader portfolio scope.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): MSF is a major international medical humanitarian organization providing emergency healthcare in conflict and disaster zones including Nepal. Overlaps strongly in mission (humanitarian health delivery) but operates at vastly larger scale and global breadth.

Direct peers

• The Himalayan Trust (Sir Edmund Hillary Trust): The Himalayan Trust delivers healthcare (hospitals and rural clinics) and school-building support in the Khumbu region of Nepal. Closely comparable in offering remote-region medical and educational services in Nepal with a community-led ethos.
• Karuna Shechen: Karuna Shechen runs humanitarian health, education, and social services programs in remote Himalayan regions of Nepal, with deep ties to local communities and a comparable small-team, high-impact operating philosophy.
• Child Haven International: Child Haven International is a Canada-based charity running education and care programs in Nepal and other low-income countries; comparable as a small volunteer-led Canadian NGO delivering direct services overseas.
• Possible (formerly Nyaya Health): Possible operates rural Nepal healthcare delivery systems including community health workers and hospital partnerships, addressing similar unmet maternal and primary care needs among remote Nepali populations.
• PHASE Nepal: PHASE Nepal operates free healthcare and education programs in remote Himalayan communities of Nepal using a similar small-footprint, locally-staffed model. Directly comparable in mission (rural Nepali health/education), geography, and beneficiary base.
• AMDA-Nepal: AMDA-Nepal is a humanitarian NGO delivering community health and disaster relief services in rural Nepal, sharing The Compassion Project's focus on reaching underserved Himalayan populations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-compassion-project

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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