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Project 364 – IDEA Computer Replacement Project

We wrote an article in our October 2025 newsletter about the founder of IDEA, Mr. Davokta, who was returning to Pokhara from a field trip on September 8th during the nation-wide demonstrations and protests when he was crushed by a crowd of protesters and pushed to the ground, dislocating his leg.

When he finally reached the IDEA office, he discovered to his horror that protesters had broken in and stole the office computers. TRAS is sending an appeal to our donors to help IDEA replacing the equipment so that they may get back to teaching.

We hope to raise is $3,600, as of November 20^th we raised $765.00

Will you help us raise the difference?

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Project 352 – Tibetan Homes Foundation Mussoorie Supplementary Diet Project

Currently TRAS has agreed to allocate donations from Tibetans in Canada to a food supplement program at the THF.

The Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF) was established by the Dalai Lama in 1962. It takes care of the overall development and cultural upbringing of orphan, semi-orphan and destitute Tibetan children inside and outside Tibet. THF runs four schools (three of them are boarding schools), with 1900 to 2000 children under its care. The Tibetan Homes Foundation in Mussoorie, north India, was one of the first two Tibetan children’s homes opened in India and has been supported by TRAS since 1962.

TRAS was recently contacted by a Tibetan Canadian, Khechog, asking if he and his friends could sponsor some children at the Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF) in Mussoorie, north India. TRAS has arranged sponsorships at THF since the early 1960s, and sensing a story, TRAS asked Khechog how he came to hear of TRAS and THF.

Here’s what he told us: “I was born in Tibetan Homes Foundation where my parents served as foster parents in Home 13, one of the 25 homes, each holding 25 children, most of them orphans or semi orphans. As a teenager I was transferred to Home 8/18, a large Victorian building which housed two Homes. It had a plaque indicating it was funded by TRAS. The plaque explains that TRAS donated this home. In 1981, my family moved to Alberta and I graduated from high school and then from university with a degree in Electrical Engineering. There are around 25 THF alumni in Calgary, about twice that many in Toronto and a few in BC. This past April, THF organized an event to express gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala and I attended. On my return to Canada, I decided to help the current students at THF and organized the first fundraising event for THF in Alberta, raising $10,500 and finding sponsors for 16 students. One project we decided upon, during our visit to THF, was to improve nutrition for the THF children and we are very grateful that TRAS has agreed to endorse this project and also to look after the sponsorships.”

It’s wonderful to see the circle completed, as Khechog gives back to help today’s children at THF. Thank you, Khechog, for your generous donation and for entrusting TRAS to carry out your wishes.

By donating to this project, you will help with providing nutritious food to the children – fruit, eggs, meat, cheese – for better growth, better body metabolism, and better health, preventing nutrient deficiencies.

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Dr Yosef Wosk Family Foundation Library Project

Thanks to the Yosef Wosk Family Foundation and Dr Wosk’s determination to spread the joy of reading and learning far and wide, TRAS is helping hundreds of children with a supply of new books and library furniture!

Hope for Children has been able to set up 7 remote village library centers in the Almora and Naintal regions in the Himalayas. Read their November 2024 report

Sundrawati Basic School, Dolakar, Nepal – A new project to provide books and furniture (tables, chairs, and bookshelves) to Sundrawati Basic School (nursery to Grade 8) in Dolakha, Nepal. 100 boys and girls aged 5 to 15 (girls outnumber the boys) will benefit from a collection of stories, biographies, poetry, essays, Nepali and English grammar, and dictionaries. Most of the children in this school are from the Thami community, one of the most deprived communities in the region. Read their November 2024 report

Tibetan Children’s Village – Lower Chauntra school library – The support of new books for their library will benefit 454 students – report pending

Tibetan Children’s Village – Suja, Bir school library – The purchase of new books for their library will benefit 427 students of all ages. – report pending

Sambhota Tibetan Schools– the purchase of new books will benefit 282 students in Miao, 203 students in Tenzingang and 66 students in Tezu. Their report is due in December.

Rainbow School Library, Zanskar, Ladakh – support in establishing a well-furnished library.  See the report from the school president here.

Read more about this project on page 7 in our 2024 Fall Newsletter

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CTA Tibetan Nurses Training Report May 31, 2022

The CTA Nurses Training Project has been providing scholarships for Tibetan nursing students since 1995, helping many young women fulfil their ambition to succeed at a career, and at the same time achieve independence for themselves with the ability to help support their families.

Click here to read their 2020-2021 Interim Report