Mrs. Jetsun Pema

Mrs. Jetsun Pema was born in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet in 1940 and is the youngest sister of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. In June 1964, when her elder sister (the founder) passed away, she was directed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, to take over the responsibility of running the Tibetan Children’s Village, Dharamsala. Ever since, she has been the moving force and mother of hundreds of thousands of destitute and orphaned Tibetan children. The story of the Tibetan Children’s Villages is very much a part of Mrs. Jetsun Pema’s life.Today, TCV projects include: 5 children’s villages with schools attached, 7 residential schools, 7 day schools, 10 day care centres, 4 vocational training centres, 4 youth hostels, 4 old people’s homes and an outreach program for over 2,000 children in exile. All in all, looking after over 15,000 children and youths. Her autobiography, ‘Tibet: My Story’ was published in1996. It is now available in 10 different languages. Her second book called ‘Pour Que Refleurisse Le Monde’, written with Irene Frain, was published in France in March 2002.