On March 17, 1959, His Holiness the Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala, India, where he established the Tibetan government in exile. On May 17, 1960, Thubten Ninji, the Dalai Lama’s emissary, returned from the Jammu encampment with 51 children. The Dalai Lama then established “ the first day-care for refugee children” fully supported by her sister Jetsun Pema since 1964. Eleven years later, this initiative led to the TCV (Tibetan Children’s Village) in Dharamsala, which currently lodges over 2,500 Tibetan children in exile from their homeland. (More) ...