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Bringing the Internet into Tibetan Classrooms

Improving the quality of education is going to take a multi faceted effort - involving quality teacher training, building an exception cadre of Tibetan education leadership and then transforming Tibetan classrooms with educational technologies. And right here - transforming Tibetan classrooms is where we feel TCEF can make a vital…...

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TCEF Annual Report 2017

Aside from our sponsorship programs, this year TCEF was able to do several vital educational projects. Through these projects we were able to make a vital difference to Tibetan education in exile. Huge gratitude to all our sponsors and supporters for making 2017 another great year for TCEF. Here is…...

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Annual Fundraiser Bollywood Night 2019

TCEF’s 2019 annual Helena fundraiser will be a celebration of Bollywood – especially Bollywood music and dancing! We’re planning to put some FUN into our Fundraising with great food, music and dancing – all Bollywood style....

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Yoga with Sponsors 2017

TCEF Board member and sponsor Jennifer Prugh led a group including several sponsors to Kyitsel-ling, Clement Town. From all accounts, it was a wonderful day for all - for sponsors and the children. We are excited to shares images of that visit - including those of sponsors and children doing…...

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2016 RBS Washroom Project

The Ramdha Buddhist Society (RBS) is an educational hostel for Himalayan children. It is located at Sidhpur, a small town outside of Dharamshala. It is home to 60 children from the Lahul and Spiti region. The children range in age from 6-21 years old. The hostel provides room and board,…...

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2017 Whiteboards Project

As the name suggests, this project will replace the old chalk boards in about twenty classrooms in this school and replace them with new white boards. The advantages of white boards with an array of colorful dry erase pens is clear and we think that this can be a big…...

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Tibetan School, Arunachal Pradesh

The Tibetan school at Miao, Arunachal Pradesh, serves around 300 students. Until recently it was administered by the Central Tibetan Schools Administration (CTSA) - an autonomous body under the central Indian Government. Following a policy decision to hand all Tibetan schools under CTSA to the Tibetan Government in Exile, this…...

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Return to Zanskar 2017

The 2016 TCEF Medical Camp was the first ever Medical Camp in the Zanskar Valley. The Hospital built by H. H. the Dalai Lama through the Dalai Lama Fund was completed in early 2016. We were privileged to be invited to open it with a 20 day medical camp....

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Return to Zanskar

The 2016  TCEF Medical Camp was the first ever Medical Camp in the Zanskar Valley. The Hospital built by H. H. the Dalai Lama through the Dalai Lama Fund was completed in early 2016. We were privileged to be invited to open it with a 20 day medical camp. We…...

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TCEF Annual Report 2016

Thanks to the outstanding support of TCEF sponsors and donors, we had another strong program year. This year we spent over $140,000 on our program areas of educating Tibetan children, supporting the elders, offering direct services and engaging in several smaller educational projects. Here is our Annual report for 2016:…...

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