Sumeru News — Immigration

In 2017 we were able to give a donation of $618 to the Buddhist Compassion Tzu Chi Foundation of Canada. This represented the proceeds from sales of Lotus Petals in the Snow, our anthology of writings by Canadian Buddhist women. This year we are making another donation of $136. This represents the proceeds from further sales of the book, plus some proceeds from sales of an Buddhist Astrology. What do these donations support? Here is a run-down of where Tzu Chi's donations went in 2017: Daily breakfasts for nearly 500 students in 12 schools Bursaries and school supplies for 1,265 students Paid...

Short video posted by the Project Tibet Society as part of the Tibetan Canadian Resettlement Project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVXbVyktG4w&feature=youtu.be

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The Tibet Resettlement Project now has a Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/tibetresettlementproject The Government of Canada is facilitating the immigration of up to 1,000 Tibetans living in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, at the request of the Canada Tibet Committee and Canada’s Tibetan community. Up to 1,000 displaced Tibetans, including principal applicants and their eligible family... Read more »

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The Canadian government yesterday announced it will facilitate the immigration of up to 1000 Tibetan refugees living in Arunachal Pradesh in India over the next five years. Details of the press release can be found here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-12-18.asp

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