Lha depends on the goodwill of volunteers and monetary and material donations for it to provide essential rehabilitation resources to the exiled Tibetan community. Lha is a non-profit organization solely dependent on monetary contributions from philanthropic corporations and generous individuals. In India, even a little goes a long way, and a lot goes very far!

Account Name: Lha Charitable Trust
Account Number: 2517000101008335
Swift Code: PUNBINBBPAR
Bank Name: The Punjab National Bank
Branch: Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, H.P

Payable to: Lha Charitable Trust
Lha Office Temple Road, Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala, 176219
Distt Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

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Lha’s First Student Exchange Group in 2013

Lha's first cultural exchange student group of the year was from Tulane University in New Orleans, USA. The group, consisting of 12 students led by Mr. Michael Smith, arrived on June 7, 2013, to explore the Tibetan refugee and local Indian communities during their three-week stay in North India. As it was their first visit to Dharamsala, we first introduced them to Lha. We then took them around town to explore the Tibetan community, including visits to various departments of the CTA, the Tibet Library and other parts of Dharamsala. The group also attended His Holiness the Dalai Lama's talk at the TCV School on June 27. They also visited Bir Tibetan settlement, Tsopema and Mandi.

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une 12 Lha organized a workshop at Gangkyi Petoen Day School. The workshop was taught by students from the Tulane exchange group. More than 100 children, ranging from 1st to 5th grade, participated. All of the art supplies were generously donated by Ms. Kate Neuschaefer of artsforthenations.org, based in Colorado, USA. Both the local and the exchange students enjoyed the workshop immensely. Lha was very excited to organize such a workshop, and we plan to organize similar creativity workshops in various Tibetan refugee schools in the future.

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On June 23 Lha was delighted to welcome Professor Samdhong Rinpoche to Ahimsa House. He delivered a lecture on Buddhism and nonviolence to the student group. Professor Samdhong Rinpoche is an eminent scholar who is respected throughout the world in the areas of Buddhist philosophy, science, and politics. In addition to being an outspoken proponent of nonviolence, he was Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile twice and the first directly elected Kalon Tripa (prime minister). He currently serves as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's highest representative and as the Chancellor of Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies based in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. We were greatly honoured to receive a visit and lecture from him.

Our exchange students were also involved in mutual learning exchanges with Lha's students, allowing them to experience and share each other's different cultures. The exchange group also visited the Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) to learn about its operation and engaged in a session with Ama Ade, a former Tibetan political prisoner.

Lha's first cultural exchange student group of the year was from Tulane University in New Orleans, USA. The group, consisting of 12 students led by Mr. Michael Smith, arrived on June 7, 2013, to explore the Tibetan refugee and local Indian communities during their three-week stay in North India. As it was their first visit to Dharamsala, we first introduced them to Lha. We then took them around town to explore the Tibetan community, including visits to various departments of the CTA, the Tibet Library and other parts of Dharamsala. The group also attended His Holiness the Dalai Lama's talk at the TCV School on June 27. They also visited Bir Tibetan settlement, Tsopema and Mandi.

une 12 Lha organized a workshop at Gangkyi Petoen Day School. The workshop was taught by students from the Tulane exchange group. More than 100 children, ranging from 1st to 5th grade, participated. All of the art supplies were generously donated by Ms. Kate Neuschaefer of artsforthenations.org, based in Colorado, USA. Both the local and the exchange students enjoyed the workshop immensely. Lha was very excited to organize such a workshop, and we plan to organize similar creativity workshops in various Tibetan refugee schools in the future.

On June 23 Lha was delighted to welcome Professor Samdhong Rinpoche to Ahimsa House. He delivered a lecture on Buddhism and nonviolence to the student group. Professor Samdhong Rinpoche is an eminent scholar who is respected throughout the world in the areas of Buddhist philosophy, science, and politics. In addition to being an outspoken proponent of nonviolence, he was Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile twice and the first directly elected Kalon Tripa (prime minister). He currently serves as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's highest representative and as the Chancellor of Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies based in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. We were greatly honoured to receive a visit and lecture from him.
Our exchange students were also involved in mutual learning exchanges with Lha's students, allowing them to experience and share each other's different cultures. The exchange group also visited the Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) to learn about its operation and engaged in a session with Ama Ade, a former Tibetan political prisoner.

On June 23 Lha was delighted to welcome Professor Samdhong Rinpoche to Ahimsa House. He delivered a lecture on Buddhism and nonviolence to the student group. Professor Samdhong Rinpoche is an eminent scholar who is respected throughout the world in the areas of Buddhist philosophy, science, and politics. In addition to being an outspoken proponent of nonviolence, he was Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile twice and the first directly elected Kalon Tripa (prime minister). He currently serves as His Holiness the Dalai Lama's highest representative and as the Chancellor of Sanchi University of Buddhist-Indic Studies based in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. We were greatly honoured to receive a visit and lecture from him.

Our exchange students were also involved in mutual learning exchanges with Lha's students, allowing them to experience and share each other's different cultures. The exchange group also visited the Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) to learn about its operation and engaged in a session with Ama Ade, a former Tibetan political prisoner.


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Lha is a non-profit, non-governmental, grassroots social work organization located in Dharamsala, India. Lha was founded in 1997 and in 2005 was registered as a non-profit and charitable trust in Himachal Pradesh. Every year we submit our income statements to the Indian Income-Tax Department and undergo an audit. The following are our financial statements from 2005 to 2011 fiscal years, which have already been reviewed. Following the financial statements are graphical representations of some of the key aspects we would like to highlight.

Lha's commitment is to help the Tibetan people survive and prosper in their new home of Dharamsala and to preserve their profoundly unique culture. The means to which we have been able to accomplish these goals has changed over the years. In 2005, as a young organization, Lha had few assets. Lha has steadily grown since then, and now occupies two buildings, which house our classes, soup kitchen, social services and volunteer and exchange student group accommodations. In 2005 Lha had seven full time employees, which has since expanded to nine. The notable increase in wage expenses between 2009 and 2011 reflects the decision to provide a livable wage to the Tibetan employees.

Lha took on the responsibility to pay rent for the operations building during the 2009 financial year, after the purchasing of the new Ahimsa House building, and becoming more financially stable. Since 2005 we have slowly been accumulating assets for the language classes, computer courses and social services which function out of the building, such as computers for our offices and classes, and books and teaching resources for the community libraries.

In 2007 Lha began the process of acquiring a four story building, the Ahimsa House, to house a community soup kitchen and volunteer accommodation. In May 2011 Lha used the remaining funds from the corpus receipt and capital fund to make the final payment on the Ahimsa House. This will be reflected in the financial statement for the 2012 financial year. We began working on the community soup kitchen project in 2010 and officially opened it in 2011. Since 2007 Lha has also purchased many furnishings and appliances for the volunteer accommodations. The donations from Exchange students and volunteers staying in Lha’s accommodations have also created a new source of income for Lha. In the future, Lha hopes that the donations raised from visitors in these accommodations, in conjunction with cultural exchanges and visitors services, will create a stable and sustainable financial foundation for the organization.

The Annual Report, written by Lha’s Director, Ngawang Rabgyal, sets out the aims of the organization, the year’s developments and the latest financial position. It also illustrates the diversity of the social programs provided, and the numbers of students who have benefited from these services. These achievements could not have been reached without the generosity of the volunteers and the dedication of the students and Lha’s employees.

Lha’s primary goal is to provide meaningful social services, such as free education, computer skills courses, vocational training, health and environmental education and service, volunteer coordination, cultural exchanges, free books, medicine and clothing distribution. The services of Lha are open to Tibetan refugees as well as the local Indian population and people from the Himalayan regions.