Tibetan Children's Villages
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| Founded | 1960 |
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| Type | Non-profit |
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| Website | http://tcv.org.in/about/ |
Tibetan Children's Villages or TCV is an integrated community in exile for the care and education of orphans, destitutes and refugee children from Tibet. It is a registered, nonprofit charitable organization with its main facility based at Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, North India. TCV has a network spread across India with over 12,000 children under its care.
From 1964 until 2006 the TCV has been presided by Jetsun Pema, sister of Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso. In 2009, The TCV established the first Tibetan college in exile in Bangalore (India) which was named “The Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education”. The goals of this college is to teach Tibetan language and Tibetan culture, but also science, arts, counseling and information technology to Tibetan students in exile.[1]
Locations
- Lower Dharamsala[2]
- Selakui[3]
- McLeod Ganj[4]
- Upper Dharamsala[5]
- Bylakuppee[6]
- Chauntra[7]
- Gopalpur[8]
- Ladakh[9]
- Suja[10]
See also
References
- ^ Staff (17 February 2009). "Dalai Lama inaugurates first Tibetan college in India - www.phayul.com". Phayul.com. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Tibetan's Children Village School, Lower Dharamasala http://www.lowertcv.org/. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Tibetan's Children Village School, Selakui http://www.tcvselakui.org/. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Tibetan Children's Village School in Mcleod Ganj". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "TCV UPPER DHARAMSALA". Tibetan Children's Villages. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "TCV Bylakuppee". Tibetan Children's Villages. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "TCV Chauntra". Tibetan Children's Villages. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "TCV Gopalpur". Tibetan Children's Villages. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "TCV Ladakh". Tibetan Children's Villages. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "TCV Suja". Tibetan Children's Villages. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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