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Deky Dolkar Thondup
FounderFounder of Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre
Deky Dolkar Thondup is the founder of Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre (1959)[1], an Indian non-profit working on human rights and livelihood from Darjeeling.
Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre
Established shortly after the first wave of Tibetan refugees arrived in India, the Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre in Darjeeling provides housing, education and livelihoods through traditional carpet-weaving and handicraft production, exporting to dozens of countries worldwide.
Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre reports the following, on its own site:
- Exports traditional Tibetan carpets and handicrafts to 36 countries worldwide
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Darjeeling
- Founded
- 1959
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “Our Beloved Founder President, Lhacham Kusho Mrs. Deky Dolkar Thondup, wife of Gyalo Thondup (elder brother of H. H. The Dalai Lama), who conceived the idea of this Tibetan Refugee Self Helf Centre and having established it on the 2nd of October 1959, worked selflessly and with utmost devotion not only to make this Centre a successful and enduring venture in the service of the Tibetan People” — Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre. Source
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