Tering Dromer is a one of our forty spinners we currently work with. She comes from a small rural village of ten homes and lives with her husband, their children and their grandchildren.

They all live in a two story, traditional Tibetan home with no running water and no bathroom. The first floor is where they keep their farm animals at night so no one will take them. They live on the second floor with only a fireplace that keeps them warm in the main room of the house. Life is hard for the rural farmers. Many are still using yaks to plow their fields. Tering Dromer has said she would love to come out of the fields where she still works at 72 years old. She tells us that the work is too hard on her and she is exposed to the elements and is afraid of getting sick at her age.

There are many benefits to our arrangement with these ladies. Health is just one of them. We have about twelve others who have also asked us if they can spin the yak down for us full time. As the urban dwellers prosper in China’s booming economy, the rural farmers are having trouble keeping up with the ever-rising cost of goods, health care and schooling.

The Rocking Yak is helping to meet those needs. The money we pay the ladies is above average for the areas in which they live. Our very existence is to help them make ends meet.

All profits from The Rocking Yak is being reinvested back into our partnership communities.