Inspiring Education for Children and their Parents
By Tenzin Samten / December 30, 2021
Buddha Kyab, Director of Manjushri Educational Services, a registered non-profit non-government organization promoting Early Literacy Development and Early Childhood Care and Education, spoke to Contact about the organisation’s work. Contact: Tell us briefly about Manjushri Educational Services (MES) Buddha Kyab: Manjushri Educational Services (MES) is an educational NGO based in read more →
Tibet Charity Adapts in the Face of the Pandemic
By Ben Byrne / September 7, 2020
Tibet Charity was founded in Denmark in 1997 by Lakha Rinpoche, a lama and philosopher who is the spiritual leader of approximately 100,000 Tibetans in Batang, East Tibet. Mr Tsering Thundup, a former headmaster in Tibetan boarding schools in North India, fronts the NGO’s operations in Dharamshala. During the Covid-19 read more →
The TYC’s Path to Independence
By Aparna Ramachandran / October 17, 2019
The building sits on the side of the road and if it weren’t for the yellow board, my gaze would have gone right past it. I walk up a small flight of steps that seem rather unassuming. As I push open the glass door, I see several desks, computers, and read more →
Tibet World Moves to New Premises
By Lodoe Gyatso / October 17, 2019
Yeshi Lhundup, Director and Founder of the Tibetan non-government organisation Tibet World, is a man on a mission. “I want to make a contribution to make the world more peaceful and happy. If I cannot reach the whole world, then I want to at least make a difference to the read more →
Tong-Len Charitable Trust
By Lodoe Gyatso / August 12, 2019
As I meet Lobsang Jamgyang, Director of the Tong-Len organisation, he immediately takes the initiative. Where I should be interviewing him, he makes sure that I am at ease. He seems genuinely interested, and offers words of encouragement. When I turn the discussion to Tong-Len School, however, he is filled read more →
Tibetan Women’s Association
By Shoshana Zimmerman / August 1, 2019
The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) is focused primarily on empowerment training through a variety of programmes, says their President Mrs Dolma Yangchen, as she explained the aims and evolution of Association. Empowerment has been the thrust of the Association since it was set up in exile on September 10, 1984 read more →
Rogpa Charitable Trust
By Lodoe Gyatso / June 20, 2019
Namgyal Phuntsok, Education Coordinator of the Rogpa Charitable Trust, meets me to chat about the Trust and mentions that he has only recently started at the organisation earlier this spring after an absence from Dharamshala of several years,working in the IT industry in the south of India. It seems that read more →
National Democratic Party of Tibet
By Lodoe Gyatso / April 4, 2019
On meeting Tsering Yangzom, the International Secretary of the National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT), one’s first impression is one of youthful enthusiasm mixed with a hefty dose of idealism. “Tibetans should work, stand and fight together,” she speaks out. “We are all aiming for the same thing: to return read more →
Men-Tsee-Khang: Preserving and Promoting Tibetan Medicine and Astro-science
By Lodoe Gyatso / January 21, 2019
Tashi Tsering Phuri is the Director of Men-Tsee-Khang, the institution whose primary objective is to preserve, promote and revive the traditional system of Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa) and Astro-science. He explains that Men-Tsee-Khang was originally established in Tibet in 1916 by the thirteenth Dalai Lama. Today there are 55 branch read more →
The Active Nonviolence Education Centre: Promoting Peaceful Strategies
By Sarah Gittleman / November 22, 2018
In spite of the daunting and unfortunate circumstances they have faced since losing their homeland to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Tibetans remain steadfast in their commitment to nonviolent resistance. While many explain this tendency by simply pointing to Tibetan Buddhism – particularly, its message of compassion and nonviolence read more →