Our Educational Talk Program was started with the intention of keeping the community well informed and involved. To achieve this, we organize events within the community where children, parents, international students and the general public are invited to participate in expanding their knowledge on particular topics.
Over the years, we have arranged talks for the international student exchange groups by Tibetan parliamentarians on Tibet’s history, culture, and the current situation. Talks on Tibetan Buddhist philosophy are also included. Educational workshops by professionals are arranged for Tibetan students and parents based in Dharamshala.
Some of the most notable speakers include: His Eminence Professor Samdhong Rinpoche who gives two to three talks each year; Geshe Lhakdor (Director of the Tibetan Library) who is invited to give several talks each year; Dr Lobsang Sangay (President of the Tibetan government-in-exile) who has also given time to our cultural exchange groups, and Penpa Tsering (former Speaker of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile) who also gives several talks annually. Other notable invitees include: Karma Chungdak (former Director of the Sambhota Tibetan School Society); Lobsang Yeshi (current parliamentarian), and Jamyang Gyaltsen (former education officer at the Department of Education).
To coincide with the birthday celebration of His Eminence Prof Samdhong Rinpoche, we invited the Rinpoche to give a talk on social work on November 5th 2016, on ways of maintaining motivation and carrying out social services. Rinpoche also gave talks to our international student groups on topics such as Tibetan perspectives on death and dying, Buddhism and non-violence.
We have also organized events specifically aimed at the development of children’s education. During last year’s World Storytelling Day, Lha arranged an event led by Jamyang Gyaltsen, the former Education Officer of the Central Tibetan Administration. It was attended by over 300 children and parents. We distributed a thousand children’s books free of charge during that event. We organized the World Storytelling Day event in collaboration with Tibet Fund and Petoen School parents and teachers association. With Jamyang Gyaltsen as the resource person, we also held a workshop on July 5th 2016 for parents to promote reading as an essential part of their child’s imaginative development. Jamyang Gyaltsen spoke to students at the TCV Suja School on Academic Success: Your Mindset, the talk focusing on how to foster the right mindset for learning. Collaborating with Lha’s student exchange group from Tulane University in New Orleans in the United States, we also organized a creativity workshop at the Gangkyi Petoen Day school. In total, 692 students and parents benefited from our educational talks.
Other educational events organized by Lha include HIV/AIDs awareness, nutritional education, environmental education, habitats B, earthquake information and IT skill training. These programs are offered when Lha receives professional volunteers in relevant fields to lead them.
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