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North Vancouver Students Win for Supporting TRAS!

February 15, 2012

The Student Leadership Council of Sutherland Secondary School in North Vancouver was selected as a winner of the BC Council for International Cooperation Youth Campaign! Sutherland students have supported TRAS for six years, raising an impressive $10,000 for a vocational training program at Buddha Academy Boarding School in Kathmandu. ...

We Did It! $50,000 for TRAS!

February 11, 2012

We are thrilled to announce that on January 31, 2012 we reached our fundraising goal of $25,000! And thanks to a generous donor, that amount has been matched to make a grand total of $50,000! ...

Join us in Celebrating TRAS’ 50th Birthday in 2012!

December 13, 2011

Calendar of events includes The Tibetan Refugees’ Dilemma: between Exile and Accommodation, A Lecture by Dr. John Conway, Professor Emeritus of History at UBC and former TRAS President, Momo-Making Demo and Tibetan Meal, Tibetan Singing Bowl Concert, Nepali Film, Nepali Meal, TRAS’ 50th Annual General Meeting, South Asian Film Festival Canada, Trans-Himalaya: Tibet, Nepal, India...

1962-2012: TRAS Turns 50! Help us Support Our Himalayan Partners through PROJECT 50!

September 27, 2011

2012 marks TRAS’s 50th anniversary! Wow! To honour and celebrate 50 incredible and successful years of funding grassroots projects that support children and youth in the Himalayas, TRAS is launching PROJECT 50! Join us in making the world a better place for Himalayan children and youth! Together we can: ...

I am Happy to Help TRAS! What One Person Can Do

September 26, 2011

By Laura Kassama TRAS member Laura Kassama shares two creative and easy ways to raise money for charity. OFFICE BOTTLE COLLECTION PROGRAM I collect bottles from the office and also from my home and any friends or family who would like to participate (sometimes they give me the bottles, but more often they give me the cash...