Building the Future with
Tibetan Refugees

Tibetan Refugees

Put a Smile on his face…
and
…hope in his heart

In 1959 His Holiness the Dalai Lama fled from Tibet into exile in India. Thousands of Tibetans have since followed Him.

Facing systematic persecution in Tibet, they continue to flee to this day.
The flow of refugees out of Tibet continues 50 years on.

Now, over 50 years after the first refugees left Tibet for India, great poverty exists in most Tibetan Refugee Settlements.
The problems for Tibetan Refugees in India continue, and are growing.

Under the direction of
Ven. Panchen Otrul Rinpoche,
the Maitreya Charity offers a numbers of programmes to support Tibetan Refugees.
They are based among the refuge population in India and include:

 

Children whose needs are urgent. They require sponsorship.

Elderly Tibetans who are often among the first refugees to have fled from Tibet. They are often ill and totally dependant on others for help.

Monks at the Gungru Khantsen of Gomang Monastic University in Mungod, Southern India

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