Sponsorship for a child in exile is $30 a month or $360 a year per person for food, shelter, health care and education. One hundred percent of the funds you send to the Tibet Fund for sponsorship or general support goes directly to the earmarked agency. Please read the institutional profiles below and then click on the links to select the child or children you wish to sponsor and to continue the check out process.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DoE)
Central Tibetan Administration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
SPONSOR A DoE CHILD
The Department of Education (DoE) is the highest central administrative authority responsible for the educational affairs of Tibetans in exile.  Situated in Dharamsala, India, the DoE provides support for the educational and welfare needs of thousands of Tibetan refugee students in various Tibetan schools in India, Nepal and Bhutan.  Comprised of residential and day schools, they range from pre-primary to senior secondary level.   With the help of various foreign donors and sponsors, the DoE is currently supporting approximately 2650 students.  We are thankful to all the sponsors, donors and the Tibet Fund, New York for their assistance over many years.  As a result of this support, thousands of children have been able to attend school and many have completed their education successfully.  At present, we are receiving sponsorship for about 200 students through the Tibet Fund but more sponsors are needed as the number of impoverished children and new arrivals swell the ranks of the exile schools.

TIBETAN CHLDREN'S VILLAGE
SPONSOR A TIBETAN CHILDREN'S VILLAGE CHILD
The Tibetan Children's Village (TCV) in Dharamsala was established in 1960 with 51 children.  Today TCV Dharamsala has approximately 2,000 residents and 150 day students. Residents live in 42 Family Homes, two hostels for older children and a baby home for toddlers, and attend the educational facilities ranging from Kindergarten to High school on campus.  TCV’s goal is to provide parental care and love, develop a sound foundation for nurturing Tibetan identity and culture, and foster character and moral values.  In response to growing demand, TCV has established 18 branch schools, vocational training centers, crèches, day schools and youth centers in other settlement locations.  Click here for more information on TCV.

TIBETAN HOMES FOUNDATION (THF): [
SPONSOR A TIBETAN HOMES FOUNDATION CHILD
Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF) is a registered charity established by His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso the 14th Dalai Lama soon after his escape from Tibet in 1959.  The Foundation was started in 1962 and is based in Mussoorie, India, a popular hill station in the lower Himalayas, where His Holiness the Dalai Lama first established the Tibetan Government-in-Eexile before shifting to Dharamsala.  THF has created a HOME AWAY FROM HOME for the Tibetan refugee children in exile, with a Tibetan up-bringing and modern education.  To achieve its objectives, THF runs family homes, schools, a vocational training centre, dispensary and senior citizen homes.  Presently THF has 2,479 children and more than 250 elderly under its care.  The THF appeals to all supporters and sponsors to provide financial assistance to their children.  Click here for more information.

SNOW LION FOUNDATION, Kathmandu, Nepal
SPONSOR A SNOW LION FOUNDATION CHILD
Following the occupation of Tibet by China in 1959 tens of thousands of Tibetan Refugees entered into and remained in Nepal.   The Snow Lion Foundation (SLF) is a non-governmental non-profit Social Welfare Organization was founded in 1972 by the SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation-Nepal) to develop and oversee Education, Health Care and the Social Welfare activities of the Tibetans living in the Tibetan settlements in Nepal. SLF’s primary goal is the preservation of traditional Tibetan culture, language and religion, and to enable the refugees to become self-reliant and able to lead a happy and admirable life in this competitive world.  There are 12 schools that serve a total of 2510 Tibetan and local children from the Himalayan region.  SLF also assists an Elderly Home of 25 older people and two Primary Health Care clinics.  The Foundation is governed by a seven-member Executive Committee. To meet the needs of the Tibetans, SLF continues to rely on sponsorship money from international organizations and community support.

YONGLING CRECHE AND KINDERGARTEN
SPONSOR A YONGLING CHILD
The Yongling Creche & Kindergarten was founded in Dharamsala , India in 1984 by a Tibetan youth, Mr. Dawa Tsering, and with the cooperation of parents in Mcleod Ganj. During those days, many Tibetans were engaged as laborers in construction, road building and carpet weaving.  They faced many problems having to bring their children to work.  Thus the kindergarten was established to shoulder the responsibility of the Exile Tibetan Government so that working parents would gain an awareness of their responsibility toward their children’s education and could educate their children at the right age. Approximately 260 children, including 50 babies below three years of age attend the school.  There are 17 staff including nine teachers, three nannies, two cooks, one dance and music teacher, one hostel mother and a secretary.  The school also has hostel facilities for those children whose parents have to move constantly in search of livelihood or are living in places where there are no Tibetan schools. For further information please visit their website at www.tibetkids.com.