upcoming plan for our after care facility

Recently a resident of our after care facility has came up with an idea to set up a workshop to produce handmade books made from recycled paper. we were able to manage to get a person who is willing to help us in teaching our boys with his craftsman and work in our project for time being as its supervisor. Read more

Kunphen assisted TCV health club to organize their world drugs abuse day program in Upper TCV School

Upper TCV school’s health club is assisted by Kunphen centre for substance dependence has organize world drug abuse day in Upper TCV School. The program begins with morning assemble presentation by members of health club on substance. The presentation last for twenty four minutes and it covered almost all the aspect of substance but more importance is given on smoking and chewing tobacco. After the morning we have initiate our I PLEDGE SIGNING EVENT with school head master and he wrote I SAY NO TO TOBACCO, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

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Kunphen launches its first magazine

Today Kunphen center substance dependence and HIV has launch its first magazine. the magazine was launch by Sir Tenzin Geche la (the chair person of its board of directors) at McLeod Ganj.

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KUNPHEN MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ILLICT TRAFFICKING

Kunphen centre for substance dependence and HIV has marked INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST SUBSTANCE ABUSE & ILLICT TRAFFICKING with Dept of health (CTA). The main aim to the day is to bring awareness on Tibetan people about this social virus and giving them an opportunity to think over this issue.

We have set up three I pledge signing boot: one at main square McLeod Ganj, another at the entrance of Dalai Lama temple and gotoe  Ramoche monastery where there were celebrating the Birthday of H.H the karmapa. Beside signature event, we have posters, stickers, key tag and pamphlets to be distributed during the event. The respond to our event was overwhelming. Read more

HIV/AIDS AND SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCE awareness AT TIBETAN SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH EAST INDIA

at the beginning of this year Department of health (CTA) has request Kunphen to help them on their project on HIV/AIDS and substance dependence awareness in Tibetan settlement in north east India. We are very glad about that opportunity and accept it with great humility. We have arranged a client to speak about his life story and a prepared him to talk to the audience. There are to visit four towns which have more than 150 Tibetan families and four Tibetan settlements. At the beginning of March our staff Mr. Tenzin woaber and our client Mr. Pema Gyalpo has left for the project along with a staff from Department Of Health.

Darjeeling (11th March 2010):- Their first stop was in Darjeeling which is located in West Bengal State of India. Darjeeling it’s known for its Tea and Tourism, Tibetans has been settling in that town every since we have lost our country. There were more than Two hundred Tibetan families and the main occupation of the Tibetans is cloth business. There is a Tibetan school administrated by CTSA (Under Department of human resource, Indian government). This school has more than 700 students and class up to higher secondary level.

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