The Jewish community has already been through the darkest period of their history. We Tibetans are facing the darkest period of our history. We have to take many things from your history, because we too will go back to our Promised Land some day."Dawa Tsering, Longsho founder member (Tibetan Member of Parliament)
Longsho's Mission
Overall goal being to preserve Tibetan cultural identity among youths in exile through informal education, the specific missions of Longsho are as follow
To create a platform for young Tibetans to learn and keep their unique identity alive.
To share informal education techniques used in Jewish youth movements and empower Tibetan youths to implement them in the Tibetan community.
To facilitate cultural exchanges between the Tibetan and Jewish youths by providing an opportunity for them to work in partnership, drawing explicitly on the common themes of their heritages
To create realistic role models in its leaders, who will learn to live and lead by personal example.
To create a National Longsho Network and global and cross-cultural awareness.
Web designed and developed by: Tenzin Sherab (Longsho leader) with funding from National Endownment for Democracy (NED)