PEMA Jetsun
Tibetan
development worker
and former children’s charity directorDate of birth: 7 July 1940
Place of birth: Lhasa
Parentage: d. of Choekyong and Dickey Tsering
Family: m. 1964;
two d. one s.
Education: schools in Darjeeling, India and in Switzerland and
UK
Career: Dir, later
Pres. Tibetan Children’s Villages school for Tibetan refugees
(Dharamsala and several Branch, India for over
14,500 children) 1964–2006; Head of Dalai Lama’s
del. to report on the state of educ. in
Tibet 1980; elected Minister of Educ. in Cabinet
of Tibetan Govt-in-Exile 1990; elected first
Vice-Pres. Tibetan Youth Congress 1970, adviser,
Tibetan Women’s Asscn 1984; member Pres.’s Council SOS-Kinderdorf Int., Vienna
Honours and awards: Hermann Gmeiner Medal 1991, Tibetan
Nat. Assembly Mother of Tibet Award 1995, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Medal 1999, Nat. Asscn of Women Voters of Italy Woman of Courage Award
2002, Hon. Award, World’s Children’s
Prize for Rights of Child Sweden 2006, Human Rights Hero Award,
Asscn of Human Rights and Tolerance (Italy) 2010, Golden Scroll of
Honor, Great Women Awards, BETI Foundation (India) 2014, Mychkine Prize 2014
Publications include: Tibet: My Story (autobiog.) 1996, Pour que refleurisse 2002; contrib. numerous articles to newspapers and magazines
Leisure interests: reading, gardening
Contact details: Address: Retreat Cottage, District Kangra, Dharamsala Cantt.
176 216, India (home); Tel: (1892) 221507 (home); Fax: (1892) 221670 (home); Email: [email protected] .
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