His Holiness and South Tyrol President inaugurate TCV Hostel in Mungod
Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 11:00 a.m.
 His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurating the TCV Hostel |
Mungod: His Holiness the Dalai
Lama blessed and inaugurated the Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV)
Hostel in Mungod Tibetan settlement in South
India on 10 January.
The construction of this hostel was made possible with the generous
assistance from the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol, Italy.
The President of the province Dr. Luis Durnwalder, Bolzano was also
present at the inaugural ceremony.
Tsewang Yeshi, President of the TCV, in his welcome address thanked Dr.
Luis Durnwalder for the financial support for the construction of TCV
hostel and also for similar project at Chautra TCV School with a health
centre earlier.
 His Holiness the Dalai Lama with South Tyrol President Dr. Luis Durnwalder during the TCV Hostel inauguration |
“This project is an initiative of Jetsun Pema the mother and guiding force
of TCV work to have this hostel with a vision and understanding that the
problem of tackling poverty and illiteracy is best done at the base with
the direct involvement of the population concern rather then to go for any
best solution that uproot them in any form”, Mr. Tsewang Yeshi said.
His Holiness also visited the Representative’s Office and cooperative
society of Mundgod.
In the afternoon, His Holiness visited Mundgod Central School for Tibetans
and spoke on the teachings of the Buddha to the students.
Report sent by Jigme Tsering, DIIR
