Tibet Charity organized a camp aimed at carrying out Animal Birth Control and Vaccination program for the dogs in

Dhari, a small Indian village close to Dharamsala.

This camp was organized at the request of local Indian administration to curb the increasing menace caused by the growing dog population.

The Doctors carrying out the program for us were Dr. Sujoi, Dr. B.N. Sharma and Dr. Atul Puri. These three are well experienced veterinarian of local vet hospitals.

The camp went on for three days during which time more than 25 dogs were sterilized and vaccinated.

This collaboration with the local vets marks a beginning of a new chapter in the history of our Animal Care Program. Such joint collaboration will enable us to carry out animal welfare programs and organize camps even when no volunteer vets are available. All the three vets have promised their full cooperation whenever their helps are required.

We thank the local administration and the vets for making the camp a

success. We thank Brigitte Bardot Fondation for funding this camp.

10th February 2010

Mr. Bhishan Das

Tibet Charity India bade farewell to Mr. Bhishan Das who has worked as the Dog Catcher and attendant to the Vets in our Animal Care Section.

He joined us as our staff in November 2005 and from then till the date of his resignation, he has been very good at his work. He has earned appreciation from everyone he worked with.

But citing personal reasons he decided to resign from this job w.e.f. 1st January 2010.

A special farewell dinner was organized in his honor by the staff of Tibet Charity India. The Director thanked him for all the good works he did for our Animal Care Section.

In his speech Mr. Bhishan Das recalled the good times he had with Tibet Charity and he thanked Tibet Charity for providing him with this wonderful opportunity. He promised his help to our Animal Care Section whenever required.

We wish him best of luck in whatever he does in his life.

Mr. Tashi Norbu

In the meantime Mr. Tashi Norbu has volunteered to take his place. We hope he will be able to carryout his work with great dedication and efficiency.

Tibet Charity Education Centre closes for winter vacation from the 16th of December 2009 till 15th March 2010.

A small closing function was held in the morning of the day which was attended by the students, volunteers and the staff of Tibet Charity India.

During the function, we were all thrilled to hear two of the students who have started as a student in the lower lever classes giving a speech in English in front of the audience. They explained how the English classes here have helped them in facing the world with greater confidence. They have said that learning of English has given them the access to wider knowledge. They have now access to writings of great writers on wide ranging topics. They can now express their feelings to their friends from outside. They can now travel around India with little difficulty. They expressed their appreciation to Tibet Charity in general and the volunteers from past and present for being very good and dedicated teachers for them.

The teachers too expressed how much they have enjoyed their time here with the students here who they think are the best students they have ever come across in their lives. All of them expressed their desire to come back and work for Tibet Charity again.

Mrs. Tsering Lhamo educated the students on health matters and how they need to keep themselves healthy during their vacation.

The Director thanked the teachers for spending their time for the students here and he congratulated the students for the progress they have been able to make during their time here with us. He also explained some of the changes we intend to make from the new session next year. He wished them all a very happy new year and happy vacation.

Thereafter the students acquiring position in the exam were given special prizes and the rest of the students were given certificates for successfully completing one year of English lesson with us. The teachers were given Khatas (white Tibetan scarf) and Certificates of Appreciation for the time they have spent with us.

The function was followed by some fun programs which saw participation by all the students, volunteers and the staff of Tibet Charity. A special lunch was also arranged on the day.

With this we have successfully completed one year of TCEC in the service of all those desirous of learning English and computers. We thank all the staff, volunteers, well-wishers and the staff for making it a successful year for TCEC.

Special mention must be given of TC Sweden for kindly funding the administrative needs of TCEC and for sponsoring some of the textbooks. We also thank SHAT (Holland) and IFTIP (Israel) for funding remaining textbooks for our classes.

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16th December 2009.

Lena Arstarm, a sponsor from Sweden came all the way from Malmo in Sweden to meet the adopted person here in Dharamsala.

Ani Wangmo is a recent arrival from Tibet and as she has no relatives here in India life started becoming very difficult for her. It became all the more difficult as she prefers spending most of her time on prayers and meditation. With no source of income, she lived entirely on whatever little she gets in the form of donations from people who makes offerings to these hermits in retreats. But sometimes days went with no offerings forthcoming.

As living under such hardship even disturbs her normal prayer and meditation sessions, she approached Tibet Charity for assistance.

We in turn were very happy to find Ms Lena Arstarm who immediately took up her case as she has always wanted to adopt a lady in need. She felt that people tend to take up children’s case more promptly thereby ignoring the plights of grownups that face hardships in life.

When she met Ani Wangmo she was overwhelmed with joy to see how much difference she has been able to make in someone’s life with some financial support.

We thank Lena Arstarm profusely for supporting Ani Wangmo.

16th December 2009.

The construction of seven new concrete kennels for dogs has started. These new kennels will be a big help in keeping the animals who come to our clinic for treatments or operations. Initially they were kept in metallic cages with tin walls but the dogs have repeatedly broken these cages and escaped.

Sometimes they have escaped before they have fully recovered from some operations thereby putting themselves in great danger of major infections. Sometimes they have broken the cages halfway and escaped and in the process they have caused great damage to their own bodies. It was then decided to build these concrete cages. Once these are constructed we hope to give them greater care after operations.

We are very grateful to Tibet Charity Denmark in general and Ms Gunver Juul in particular for taking up this case and sanctioning the amount for the construction.

- 5th December 2009