The Tibetan Children’s Village is a charitable organization, almost entirely dependent on the kindness and generosity of friends, supporters and donors.  We are fortunate that internal aid agencies and individuals have always been sympathetic to the Tibetan situation and have responded well to our appeal for help in the last 5 decades.

While efforts are continued to be made toward becoming self-reliant and independent through different self-sustaining ventures like the TCV Enterprise, Parent’s Contribution, TCV Membership and Alumni Associations to generate internal sources of revenue, we are still challenged with so many children to look after in our schools.

To top this, there are random needs for implementation of projects, which are largely unbudgeted. Each school proposes its needs and with the child sponsorship contribution, it is not possible to meet the costs of these projects. As a result, we are confronted with stiffness in our financial reserve. Therefore, we appeal to you for help to finance or co-finance a project from the attached list of specific needs.  Please know that every penny is a great help!

To sustain the life-giving works of the TCV, we will always stand in need of financial assistance from our friends and supporters.

Thank you very much !

Head Office, Dharamsala
S No.	Project Title	Project Location	Quantity/Area	Project Cost (Rs.)	Project Description
1	Live Streaming Infrastructure	Head Office (IT & Media)	One set of production kit	16,42,854	With evolving media and growing importance of digital communication, establishing a live streaming production section within TCV presents a unique opportunity to empower students, enhance learning and equip them with valuable technical and communication skills in live streaming production.  It can facilitate interactive learning experiences through live streaming of talks, co-curricular activites, cultural events, showcase Tibetan culture & heritage, build community engagement; both within TCV and for a wider audience.
TCV School, Dharamshala
S No.	Project Title	Project Location	Quantity/Area	Project Cost (Rs.)	Project Description
1	Staff Quarter Renovation	Below Tuck Shop	2 family quarters	17,70,200	Currently vacant and unserviceable staff Quarters. This project will add value to the utility of the building and safeguard it from further deterioration.
2	Room Renovation at the Girls’ Hostel	Ground Floor	Ground Floor Rooms	39,47,200	Currently unused for over a decade and unserviceable due to its severely battered condition, small rooms and very dingy.
3	Moenkyiling Staff Quarter Sheet Replacement & Renovation	Staff quarters above old dispensary	3200 sft.	12,93,639	This staff quarter block is one of the oldest buildings on campus, over 40 years old.  The building condition is battered and withered by the extreme climatic conditions in Dharamsala.  As such there exist a real need to repair and renovate the building by replacing the sheet roofing, plastering the broken and battered walls, giving it a fresh paint, renovating the toilet/bathroom block & repairing the drainage system etc.
4	Installation of Solar Power Roof-top Grid PV System for electricity	Zone-wise (phase-1 includes a cluster of children’s homes)	67KVA Power Grid	34,52,965	We spent the highest expenditure on electricity beside kitchen food budget.  There is huge consumption on campus, especially during the cold months when a lot of homes & staff quarters use electrical heating items which is necessary.  To curb the high expenditures and to opt for an eco-friendly environment, we should go for solar energy use to produce electricity.  This is an ambitious project, but if we are able to install a unit as a pilot project on campus, we are positive that in the years ahead, the project will have impact.
5	Fire safety equipment for senior school buildings	Junior & Senior Section		4,00,000	Ensuring the safety of students and staff is paramount for us. Moreover, with mandate from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) necessitating fire safety measures adhering to Indian government standards, we are in urgent need of installation of fire safety equipment as per norms, to not only obtain the certificate but also ensure a secure learning environment as well. We have secured partial funding from a donor and have already initiated implmentation of the project due to its urgency.
6	New water supply GI pipelines	Above Boys’ Hostel	80 nos.	2,12,000	With road construction work project initiated by the local Indian authorities above the boy’s hostel (hermit area), a number of our water pipelines had to be relocated.  Many of the existing pipelines have rusted and needs to be replaced totally. Therefore, we are abandoning the existing pipelines and putting new pipelines and diverting these through a different route.
TCV School, Ladakh
S No.	Project Title	Project Location	Quantity/Area	Project Cost (Rs.)	Project Description
1	Construction of Shopping Complex	Choglamsar	Block – 1	5,78,53,939	Toward our effort in becoming self-reliant and sustainable in generating income, we are planning to build this shopping complex on an unused land owned by TCV Choglamsar-Ladakh attached to the main school campus.  There is great likelihood that this piece of land may be occupied by someone else, as there is a constant fear of land encroachment in the area where there is a prospect of making fortune and good money. This land is situated right in the middle of Choglamsar market, surrounded by many villages, right on the Leh-Manali highway.  This location is prime for shopping centers in the whole of Ladakh region.
			Block – 2	2,64,25,592
			Block – 3	97,26,804
TCV School, Gopalpur
S No.	Project Title	Project Location	Quantity	Project Cost (Rs.)	Remarks
1	New toilets for boys and girls	Children rest rooms near academic blocks	2 floors with 4 separate wash rooms each for boys and girls	25,50,000	The present rest rooms are not at all conducive for children and its location. Both the toilets are adjacent to our school temple and classrooms which really needs immediate attention. On top of this, the present wash rooms are very old and the condition is very critical. The stringent smell from the wash rooms especially during the class hours is very disturbing in all respect.
2	Basketball ground renovation	Near School Hall	Main basket ground near school hall	1,00,000	The basket ground need to be repaired as the center of the ground has huge cracks risking injury to children and if these cracks are not filled up sooner, these may widen and deepen in time, costing us more with major renovation.
3	Rain Cover Sheet for main entrance	Senior Section		80,000	The main entrance of senior section has the problem of water logging especially during the monsoon season. The excessive water logging put the students and teachers in great hassle. This rain water gets into the classrooms and staff room and in the corridors and causes rusting of the metal items in the school due to the dampness. This can be corrected only by installing rain cover sheet near the entrance door of the senior section.
4	Sheet roofing	Phulchung Gakyiling Staff Quarters	3120 sft	6,58,400	During the monsoon season, the roof tops of the staff quarter blocks and the 3 hostels are (made from concrete cement & slate topping) infested with wild growth and as such seeping of water from the roof harms the ceiling and the walls. The respective occupants of the staff quarters and hostel matrons take every care by rooting out the shrubs grown on the roof tops and sprinkling chemicals for stopping the  growth. During pulling of the shrubs, the cement too comes out and cause more harm than good. So, the best option as conclusively shown by the roofing of homes and mini girl’s hostel that we have already carried out is to make roofing with iron sheet.
5	Sheet roofing	Dekyiling Staff Quarters	3572 sft	13,57,946
6	Sheet roofing	Yangchuk Khangsar Staff Quarters	6624 sft	38,27,250
7	Sheet roofing	Gakyiling A	4900 sft	18,62,187
8	Sheet roofing	Gakyiling B	4900 sft	26,50,655
9	Sheet roofing	Management (MC) Staff Quarters	3362 sft	12,19,759
10	Sheet roofing	Youlokoe Boys’ Hostel	4662 sft	24,35,821
11	Sheet roofing	Shishaphagma boys’ hostel	4959 sft	25,24,372
12	Sheet roofing	Green Girls’ Hostel	6085 sft	30,82,019
TCV School, Bylakuppe
S No.	Project Title	Project Location	Quantity/Area	Project Cost (Rs.)	Project Description
1	Bakery steel frames	School Bakery	400 nos.	52,000	The bakery of the village was closed since 2017 due to shortage of cooks. By this time, all the iron steel boxes have rusted and become useless. Recently, a cook on contract was appointed and we would like to start baking bread from this year onward and to do so, we need brand new steel bread boxes.
2	Solar Street Light	Street of dispensary, Science & Commerce girls’ hostels, single staff quarters between home no. 14, 15, 16 & 17	7	1,82,000	Few Solar street lights were installed on campus in 2003 and repaired several times over course of time. They are no longer functional. Movement of children after the evening studies in the night from the classroom to the homes and hostels become risky in the darkness due to snakes.
3	Concrete Flooring	Science Girls’ Hostel	810 Sqft	68,850	Science Girls’ Hostel for classes XI & XII is a combination of four homes. One of the homes is adjacent to the main drain for waste water and rain water from surrounding places. Owing to gush of water during the raining season, the floor around the home gets flooded. There is danger of the back portion of the home walls collapsing.
4	Family Staff Quarter	4 family quarters	One block of staff family quarters 6760 sqft	67,700	This family staff quarter block located behind the Senior School building was built in 2003. Its outer portion coating is worn out due to exposure to the sun, wind and rain. It needs to be painted otherwise its condition will turn from bad to worst.
5	Hospital Staff Quarters-2	At the hospital premises	Single block for 4 families	43,050	This block was built in 2007 to accommodate nurses and health workers of the dispensary.  The building needs painting on its outer walls.  It looks awkward and dirty from the outside and a fresh paint can give it a nice facelift.
6	Hospital Staff Quarters-1	At hospital premises	Extended single block for family and single health center staff	62,300
7	Four House Masters Qtrs	Below David Staff Quarters	L-Shaped block 4420 sqft for 4 single qtrs	44,200	Staff quarters built initially to accommodate teachers on House Master’s duty, who cannot go back to their homes in camps during inter-house co-curricular activites. It was built in 2001 and needs to be painted as its outer parts have faded due to prolonged exposure to the sun, wind and rain for many years.
8	Parapet slab painting	Village Shrine (chapel)	3400 sqft	34,000	The village chapel (shrine) has turned dark on the inside due to burning of incense and juniper leaves. The outer portion too is faded due to exposure to the sun, wind and rain. The parapet slab too needs painting.
Tibetan Youth Hostel, Bangalore
S No.	Project Title	Project Location	Quantity/Area	Project Cost (Rs.)	Project Description
1	Truss sheet roofing	Administrative & Library Block		1,80,000	This block is 3 storied and has a flat concreter roof top which is now leaking from cracks and the interiors of the building are dampened and damaged.  There is need to construct truss sheet roofing so that the leakage problem is treated.
2	Hostel Painting	2 blocks of Girls & Boys’ Hostel	58,848 sft	8,59,170	The boys and girls hostels have not been painted for the last 13 years and the building looks defaced and in bad condition.  A fresh paint would give it a nice facelift and secure the building structure from further damage and cracks.
Tibetan Youth Hostel, Delhi
S No.	Project Title	Project Location	Quantity/Area	Project Cost (Rs.)	Project Description
1	Installation of Solar Power Grid	Campus wide	120 KWP	40,00,000	During the summer months with extreme heat in Delhi, electrical power consumption reaches its peak and we pay heavily.  To combat the high electricity bills, solar power grid installation is an alternative solution which can prove economical and eco-friendly in the long run.