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This year fundraiser for the orphanages and disabled Children in Tibet was a grand success. Thank you for everyone who came, volunteered, and supported us.
Tibetans have been self immolating in desperation of their treatment in Tibet. The Tibetan Community and supporters gathered first on Thursday 13 October at The State Library in Swanston Street, then the next evening the 14th at Federation Square. The next Wednesday another vigil and hunger strike outside the Chinese Embassy in Toorak from 10am until 5pm, moving on to Federation Square from 6pm until 8pm. Photographs of the events are linked here via the name of the photographer, kindly making the pictures available.
Carly Selby-James LINKS - Facebook Galleries - Tibet Post Article - The Tibet Post Facebook - GooglePlus Gallery - Global Day of Action on Tibet, Melbourne Nov 2 Yolanda Perez LINKS - (to come) Bill King LINKS - His facebook - and another gallery Rob Perry LINKS - State Library 13th October - Fed Square 14th October - Chinese Embassy & Fed Square 19 Oct - Fed Square 2 Nov 6:30pm 12th June 2011 The Tibetans Youth in Melbourne had organized the fund raising documentary film "Fire Under the Snow" at Nova Cinema hall 6:30pm on 12th June 2011. The film night started with Miss. Tenzin Choezom rundown the night program with introduction of Mr. Tenzin Choegyal and he presented beautiful Tibetan song and followed by empowered speech by Associate professor Mr. John Bradley, Monash University. Deputy Director-Monash Indigenous Centre. The powerful and harrowing film of Ven. Palden Gyatso, a Buddhist monk since childhood, was arrested by the Chinese Communist Army in 1959. He spent the next 33 years in prison for the "crimes" of peaceful demonstration and refusal to denounce his apolitical teacher as an Indian spy. He was tortured, starved and sentenced to hard labor. He watched his nation and culture destroyed, his teachers, friends and family displaced, jailed or killed under Chinese occupation. Eventually, project initiator Mr. Tenzin Lobsang had debriefed about the Tibet and Current situation and how this project had been started and its importance. I would like to sincerely Thank to all the supporters and members to made that meaningful night successful. I look forward to seeing you all in the future fund raising events and activities to support for the orphanage schools in Tibet. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
On 14th April 2010 early in the morning earth quake magnitude of 7.1 in richer scale hit the kyikodu county, in Amdo province, Tibet. On that tragedy incident, Thousands of Tibetans lost their lives and almost 90% properties collapsed. The whole county was doomed with the death tolls, destructions and chaos atmosphere. Tibetans lives in surrounding areas rushed to the kyikodu place to helped and rescued the people who were people struck in debris, and shown the solidarity and unity. People all over the world eyed on kyikodu tragedy incident and global aids been supported. Tibetans all over the world had done their best to shown them solidarity, sent huge amount of money to recover the destructions etc. I have initiated the fund raised film “Sun Behind the Cloud” shown at Nova Cinema on 11th July 2010 for the Tibetan earthquake victims. We have invited the PM Jenny Mikakos Victoria parliament, as a chief guest and the cinema hall packed. She has delivered the impressive speech. In a nut shell, the film night was successful and we had raised quite good money and we sent financial and morale support for kyikodu victims for their reconstruction and recovered. This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
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