One of the positive side effects of the Tibetans in exile is that today we are perhaps closer than ever to many smaller Himalayan communities. In the Tibetan monasteries in exile, there are many monks from the Buddhist Himalayan area like Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, from Tawang…...
2012 TCEF Service Trip
TCEF’s 2012 service trip was a wonderful success. Our focus was on school nurse type health assessments which included vision screening hearing tests, heights and weights, general health questions and observations and the creation of individual health records. The vocational carpentry training and purchase of power tools, the soap making…...
Sponsorship Program for Elders
TCEF’s Elder sponsorship program connects interested sponsors here in the West with elderly Tibetan in exile that need help to survive. Although the educational sponsorship of children will continue to be our focus because of the transformative powers of education, the grandparents’ sponsorship is also very close to our hearts.…...
Service Trips
For several years now TCEF Program Manager, Valerie Hellermann has been doing service tours to our project sites in India. These tours are an opportunity to immerse yourself in Tibetan culture and relate directly with the people and particularly the children we serve. We have done many wonderful projects such…...
TCEF Presentations
TCEF’s Executive Director is a native Tibetan. Our program manager and several board members have traveled extensively in India and know the Tibetan people and their culture at close quarters. We’ve done well over a hundred presentations all over the country sharing whatever we know about Tibet and Tibetans......
