Candid thoughts from our volunteers on their experience working with us.
THIS MONTH’S VOLUNTEER STORY. Volunteer job at Lha: French Conversation Class. His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches us about compassion, donating, and doing something useful for the benefit of others
Volunteer Job at Lha: Assistant teacher “The goal is still Dharamsala”; out of a journal entry of mine from early in the year. The attraction to Dharamsala (Mcleod Ganj) took
Volunteer job at Lha: English Teachers and Grant writing. We arrived in McLeod-Ganj in the middle of the night. Having just finished a year living in Taiwan, we were completely
Volunteer job at Lha: Teacher and contributing writer. A lot of things have been said recently about volunteering abroad and not many of them are nice. A google search of
After experiencing Delhi, and inhaling that first breath of busy, smoggy and thick Delhi air, volunteers arriving in Dharamsala, weary and heavy-eyed, will find themselves totally lost in the environment,
Some of my students may be short on formal education, but the one thing they are not short on is intelligence. Bright, smart, and quick to learn, they are keen to
It was a long, hard trek getting to McLeodGanj and I am grateful for the help of Lha’s Reception/Orientation .I arrived in Delhi exhausted from two overnight flights and was
Etre benevole avec Lha a Mcleod Ganj c est une finalite. Je m explique. J ai commence par visiter l Inde par Delhi, Jaipur, Agra, pour ensuite prendre le train
We were tired and jet-lagged when we arrived in McLeod Ganj after our journey from Southern Ireland, but awoke the next morning to the surprise of warm, bright sunshine, gleaming
Lost, depressed and alone three short years ago, my day to day experience of life was an excruciating and endless cycle of suffering. I was a boy trapped inside a
Every year unknown numbers of Tibetans take the dangerous journey across the Himalayas in search of a better life and many of them will find a home free from Chinese
Throughout the years, I have heard many names used to refer to McLeod Ganj – Little Lhasa, Dhasa, and most frequently, the home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. For
Erika Patho (Belgium) Seen through the eyes of a foreigner interested in Tibetan Buddhism and culture, Dharamsala—the home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama—always evoked some special, unique and spiritual
As someone who’s never been to India before, my arrival in Dharamsala was a whirlwind of dynamic emotions and feelings. The moment I stepped off the bus, all of my
Name: Mary Beth Ellis (USA)Position at Lha: Beginning French Teacher Nothing could have prepared me for the mass of humanity, horns blowing, and debilitating heat that awaited me, a lone
