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Report by by Sophia Volunteers Journalist Tibet Today
Many Tibetans celebrated their first vegetarian Losar, thanks to kind
hearted members of a local NGO. Members of the Tibetan Volunteers for Animals
(TVA), ran a hard hitting campaign encouraging Tibetans to go meat free,
between January 25 – February 1.
Report by by Sophia Volunteers Journalist Tibet Today
Many Tibetans celebrated their first vegetarian Losar, thanks to kind
hearted members of a local NGO. Members of the Tibetan Volunteers for Animals
(TVA), ran a hard hitting campaign encouraging Tibetans to go meat free,
between January 25 – February 1.
The dedicated staff and volunteers took their jeep and
loudspeaker to Tibetan communities in India
like Dharamsala, Bir, Tashijong, Dickiling, Rajpur, Poanta, Clement Town,
Delhi, Bylakuppe, Kollegal, Chowkur and Hunsur
spreading their message with posters, banners, stickers and radio broadcasts
which could even be heard in Tibet.
Many like-minded Tibetans graciously agreed to celebrate a
vegetarian Losar and a few youngsters also agreed to become vegetarian as a new
year’s resolution.
Established in Mysore
in 2003, the registered non-profit organisation’s main aims include educating
Tibetans about the benefits of vegetarianism, spreading the message that all
sentient beings have an equal right to life, and promoting non-violence through
vegetarianism. Its main achievements include treating and vaccinating over 900 dogs
in South India, and running a highly
successful vegetarian Kalachakra campaign (Tibetan gathering honoring his
holiness the Dalai Lama) in 2006, where volunteers opened a vegetarian
restaurant.
Ms. Dadon, young volunteer from TCV Gopalpur said: “Our aim is to raise a voice for the
voiceless. We believe that all living creatures were our brothers and sisters
in previous lives, and that taking care of every living creature is our basic
responsibility as human beings.
Tibetans are non vegetarian through habit, but now
vegetarianism is a greatly changing movement in our community as people are realising the importance of
our health, and the benefits of saving animals.
For more information please visit: www.semchen.org.
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