Shortly after the Dalai Lama arrived in India, the world's first Tibet support group, Tibet Society, was formed. Overwhelmed with offers of practical help and aid,later in 1959 the Council of the Society founded the charity, Tibet Relief Fund to provide urgent and vital support and immediate aid in the form of food, clothing and medical assistance for those Tibetans who had followed the Dalai Lama to India.
Over the last 50 years, Tibet Relief Fund has expanded and developed its work with Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal and also works with Tibetans inside Tibet. Today Tibet Relief Fund continues to provide for Tibetans who are most in need, running and supporting a wide range of life changing and innovative projects, often working in fields that are crucial but not often supported.
With your support we are helping give Tibetan people a sustainable future through education, career development, health care and community building. Currently we are focusing on our sponsorship programme, Empowering the Vision youth project and working inside Tibet. We also continue to provide emergency funding to Tibetan settlements in India and Nepal. Without your support we could not continue this vital work.
Through the generosity of our supporters, since 1959 Tibet Relief Fund has financed over £3 million worth of vital projects including:
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