Tamdrin ‘Mama’ Dadhon sold her family jewels, gathered the proceeds of the teahouse and with 300,000 Yuan and a lot of courage started Dickey´s Orphanage in Lhasa, Tibet´s capital on September 10th 2002. In Tibetan dickey means ‘fine’ and ‘happiness’. At the moment Dickey´s is home to 72 children. They all get lodging, tuition and medical aid. Because a lot of the children don´t know where or when they were born, September 10th is everybody´s birthday – a big party!
The Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre in Darjeeling, India, was established in 1959 to meet the needs of refugees from Tibet, including both families and abandoned and orphaned children. Since its beginning, the Centre has cared for more than 500 orphans.
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