Falling in Love with Tibetan Culture
By Linus Haring / January 28, 2020
Volunteer job at Lha: English Teacher My name is Linus and I’m 19 years old. Back in Germany, I knew barely a handful of things about Tibetan culture, but for some reason it really attracted me. That’s why right after graduating from high school, I applied for a ten month-long read more →
Teaching German and English while Learning about Life
By Kirstin Reil / December 28, 2019
Volunteer job at Lha: German Teacher September 16, 2019: it’s around noon and my plane from Delhi is slowly reaching Gaggal Airport down in the Kangra valley. Looking out the window I can see the mountain range in the distance which had caught my eye more than a year ago read more →
Solidarity in Exile
By Tenzin Choekyi / November 25, 2019
Volunteer job at Lha: French Teacher In the late 1990s when the internet was available only in cyber cafes or offices, Lha provided a few computers with the educational Mavis Beacon Typing Game. It was free to locals who wanted to learn typing. So, as a small girl who enjoyed read more →
Teaching German and Having Fun
By Kyra Heeg / October 3, 2019
Volunteer job at Lha: German Teacher In Germany I was studying to become a special needs teacher. When I was on vacation in south India at the end of March, I fell in love with the country and that’s why I didn’t hesitate to say “yes” when a friend from read more →
“I am eager to return to McLeod Ganj”
By Jailel Barr / August 30, 2019
Volunteer job at Lha: English Teacher and news writer for Contact My four months working with this organisation has been the best part about visiting India for my first time. I started my volunteer quest in December 2018 joining the global engagement program: Omprakash, which allows people from all over read more →
Getting More than We Gave
By Owen and Meghan / August 1, 2019
Volunteer job at Lha: English teachers We knew that we wanted to volunteer on our six month trip and decided to come to McLeod Ganj. We live close to the vibrant Tibetan community in Toronto and had the opportunity to work on Bhutila Karpoche’s election campaign. She is the first read more →
A Beautiful Journey
By Firoz Mujawar / June 29, 2019
For many years now I have been visiting Drepung monastery located in Mungod, in the south Indian state of Karnataka where I started to learn and share thoughts on Tibetan culture, religion and philosophy with Lama Lobsang Tsultrim and Geshe Sherub. Mungod is certainly an oasis when you first visit. read more →
Learning About Life
By Jenni Knight / June 3, 2019
I feel so lucky to have had the privilege of teaching at Lha. My time was too short and I have vowed to return for longer next time. What a unique, life affirming, eye opening experience. How did I get here? Well, at the end of 2018 my teaching contract read more →
My Biggest Dream
By Martina von der Brüggen / May 2, 2019
Volunteer job at Lha: English Conversation Teacher Travelling to Asia was one of my biggest dreams for many, many years. Just for a laugh I used to say to my family, “I´m sure that I must have been a rice farmer in a former life because I like it so read more →
Return to Mcleod Ganj – Happy, happy days.
By Nick Hawkins / April 1, 2019
In 2015 my wife, Jackie, and I had the most wonderful year travelling the world. We saw spectacular sights such as Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and the Iguazu Falls in Argentina; visited desolate wildernesses in Patagonia and Namibia; enjoyed fantastic wildlife in the Galapagos Islands and Botswana; and marvelled at read more →