Archive of Past Events

Join us on Thursday, May 8^th for the TRAS Second Annual Kick Off to Summer Social.

Catch up with TRAS members, get an update on our latest projects, and enjoy delicious Indian food at the New India Buffet and Restaurant. Some of the recently arrived Tibetans will be our guests.

Date: Thursday, May 8^th

Time: 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm

Location: New India Buffet and Restaurant, 805 West Broadway, Vancouver

Tickets: $26 – buffet meal with vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes and one beverage (wine, beer, pop, tea or coffee)

Advance ticket sales only:  Purchase online, call 604-224-5133, email info@tras.ca.

Transit Directions and Parking: The restaurant is on the north side of West Broadway, on the ground floor, and there is ample parking (use the parkade entered from Willow St., free after 6pm, or park on the street).  It is three blocks from City Hall Canada Line Station.

Buy yours early! Our last three dinner events sold out!

Funds raised on the night will go to support young Tibetan nursing students studying in India.

We look forward to seeing you there!    From all of us at TRAS

 

Sutherland Social Justice hosted a wonderful evening with adventurer Kevin Vallely on Friday, January 31, 2014, at Sutherland School in North Vancouver.  Kevin inspired us with his incredible, hair raising jaunt – rowing along the northern coast of Canada and we enjoyed a magnificent Nepali dinner, hosted by the students.  The evening netted $1,500 for their ‘sister’ school and TRAS partner, Buddha Academy in Nepal.

TRAS 51st Annual General Meeting – September 4, 2013

Location:  Langara College – Room C509,  100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. (between Main and Cambie)

Time:  7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

All TRAS members are welcome to attend this business meeting.

 

Are you in the mood for momos?

Join us on Tuesday, June 4 for TRAS’s “Kick Off to Summer Social.” Catch up with TRAS and enjoy delicious Nepali food at Gurkha Himalayan Kitchen, Vancouver’s newest Nepali restaurant.

Date: Tuesday June 4
Time: 6pm
Location: Gurkha Himalayan Kitchen, upstairs at 1141 Davie St. (near Thurlow), Vancouver
Tickets: $30 (buffet meal with vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes) (cash bar)

Advance ticket sales only: Call 604-224-5133 or email info@tras.ca.  Note tickets are non-refundable.

Buy yours early! Our last 2 dinner events sold out!

Funds raised on the night will go to READI Nepal to educate village children in Humla, the poorest and most remote of Nepal’s 75 districts.

The owners of the restaurant are themselves from rural Nepal and understand the challenges people face living in remote mountain villages. Wanting to give back to the people in their home country, they have generously offered a donation to READI Nepal. They will give TRAS $5 for every guest who attends and $1 for every alcoholic beverage sold.

We look forward to seeing you there!

From all of us at TRAS

Thank you to all who attended our 50th Anniversary Gala Event on November 3, 2012. The evening was a resounding success. The room was packed, the Indian food was superb, the entertainers were delightful, and the speeches were excellent.

Jennifer Hales, TRAS President, gave a fascinating overview of the history of TRAS, from the Woodcocks’ first encounter with the Tibetans in 1961 to the work our current partners are doing today.  The photos displayed on the two huge screens seemed to bring the people we work with right into the room with us. Our display board was covered with lovely letters and cards of congratulations from our partners.

To round the evening off, our guest speaker, Tsering Shakya, Canada Research Chair in Religion and Contemporary Society in Asia, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, charmed us with his personal story. He was, he said, “probably one of those snotty-nosed little kids” the Woodcocks first saw, and thanks to TRAS’s support of the Tibetan Homes Foundation where he was a student, he was able to complete his education and eventually become a UBC professor. He thanked TRAS for having faith in unknown children a world away and for giving them opportunities they would never otherwise have had. 

Gala Entertainment

Tibetan Youth Musical Ensemble

TRAS was thrilled to have members of the local Tibetan Youth Musical Ensemble perform their beautiful songs at the Gala. The musicians kicked off the event, setting the perfect ambience for the rest of the evening.   

 

Jawani Bhangra                              

TRAS was delighted to have the Jawani Bhangra Team perform at our 50^th Anniversary Gala Dinner. The dancers brought the room alive with their high energy dance performance, bright smiles and colourful dress. 

 

Angelica Shakya, Nepali Dancer

13-year-old Angelica Shakya performed beautifully for the guests at the Gala on November 3.

 “My passion is to dance. My ambition is to help people in poverty. It is my pleasure and thank you for letting me dance at the Trans-Himalayan Aid Society Gala.”

Thank you, Angelica, for sharing your passion and talent with us! 

 

Silent Auction

Thanks to a generous donation by Kalsang Dawa, well-known Vancouver Thangka artist, the beautiful Medicine Buddha print was auctioned to the lucky recipient, Tony Phillips, former Vice-President of TRAS. To see more of Kalsang’s work, visit: http://www.kalsangdawa.com/

 

Door Prize Donations

 Our thanks to:

            MPS Suites who donated a lovely gift basket

            Marion Tipple for a stunning photograph from the Himalayan region