Volunteer Stories

  By Martina von der Brüggen Volunteer job at Lha: English Conversation Teacher Traveling to Asia was one of my biggest dreams for many, many years. Just for a laugh,

By Soumya Singh TarangI was told that volunteering stories are about experiences. People going to new places, meeting new people, helping people. Soon I realised volunteering stories are about people.

By Sarah Gittleman I first came to McLeodganj in 2013 after graduating from college. The plan was to stay for about five or six weeks, but by week two, I

By Anita Paul Volunteer Job at Lha: English Teacher  I have had many successful years working in the corporate space, but after recovering from a major illness in 2016, I

By Nivedita Nair Volunteer job at lha: Contact writer and English conversation assistantBorn and brought up in the bustling city of Bombay, I moved to Pune to pursue a degree

by JoanK MatlockVolunteer Job at Lha: English Teacher and Personal Tutor In May of 2018, I moved to McLeod Ganj, a neighborhood in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. I became a

By Tiziana Zamponi In one of his speeches, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama spoke of universal responsibility, saying that it is everyone’s job to develop a greater sense of

By Corinne Dobinson I had the pleasure of volunteering for Lha in April. I was involved in tutoring two students in conversational English, joining the drop-in conversation class in the

by Ailsa Newcombe Unlike most of Lha’s volunteers I have never been to McLeod Ganj, nor India, nor Tibet, but I have been volunteering for Lha for eight months now.

By Amelia Rozelle Volunteer Job at Lha: French teacher and contributer to Contact After travelling a while in Asia, I was in Indonesia and supposed to go to Malaysia next.

By Wayne Schlegel My wife Leslie Potter and I have had the privilege of teaching English at Lha for the past two months, she in the Beginners class and I

By Lodoe Gyatso Moving to McLeod Ganj was one of the best ideas I had in my life. My wife and I have lived here for two years and have

By Kenny McCann I came to Dharamsala because I was inspired by the compassionate resolve of the Tibetan people. I am now leaving with a genuine love and respect for

By Jigme Wangchuk Hi all. My name is Jigme Wangchuk and I have volunteered to write news for Contact Magazine. I recently left my job because I wanted to pursue

By Addison Kamb  Volunteer Job at Lha: English Teacher I was raised by a former Buddhist nun from Myanmar – raised to value meditation, raised on mantras of peace, raised