Projects
In consultation with the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala, India, we have decided to concentrate our efforts on two important projects in India and one in Tibet.
Click here to watch a wonderful video, created by James Douglas illustrating OFT's projects.
The Central Tibetan Administration and Ottawa Friends of Tibet (OFT) have entered into a formal agreement to jointly construct a 50-bed Seniors Home in Kalimpong in the province of West Bengal, which is targeted to open in late 2009. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has named the Kalimpong Home, "Yolu kopai Geso-khang," which means the Tara Mandala Seniors Home "Ornamented with Turquoise Leaves," the mandala of Bodhisattva Tara. The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (HHDL) in Dharamsala, India, has demonstrated its support for this project by donating the land on which, the home will be constructed.
Click here to see a letter from HHDL regarding this Seniors Home project.
The estimated cost of the project is $400,000 Cdn. The Central Tibetan
Administration has offered to match the $200,000 which OFT has pledged
to raise. OFT already has sent over $115,000 towards the construction
of the home. Click here for more details.
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The foundation was established to construct a home near Delhi, India to care for and educate orphaned or destitute children of Tibetan lineage. Dakpa Rinpoche, a Tibetan Lama, is currently in charge of the foundation and the home. At present, there are 17 children in the care of Maitreya in a home near Delhi, India.
Child Haven International provides the main support for the home. Click here for more details.
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The Tibetan Orphanage/School
Through Child Haven International, OFT contributes $5,000 annually to an orphanage/school that cares for orphaned or poverty-stricken children in Tibet.
There are currently 24 children at the orphanage.
Photos of the Tibetan orphanage (below) were provided by Bonnie Cappuccino.
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Some of the orphanage's children watching the solar panels heat the water for their tea. These solar boilers provide a useful source of renewable energy in the area where fuel is scarce.
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Some of the kids have found a friend. The Home is an hour outside of Lhasa at 13,000 feet above sea-level.
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Children and staff in front of the orphanage, which is in a walled compound to keep out the animals. Manager Norbula (left) is the younger brother of the OFT President Jurme Wangda.
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