STUDENT'S CYCLING FOR FREE TIBET
January 2012

OBJECTIVES :

1. To bring to the World notice, young children who are forced to escape by their families to ensure a better life abroad.

2. The Story and the hardship these children faced while escaping Tibet and the hardship we face now away from our families.

3. The conditions our families are facing in Tibet.

AN APPEAL :

We are students with no sponsorship, we don’t have money. We baked bread during the kalachakra initiation by His Holiness. We need money to cover our food, cycle repairs, stay and any medical emergencies. So any contribution from your side is Welcome.

Please contact our volunteer administrator (Tenzin Samten)
Contact No- +918867458788
Mail us at – cyclefortibet@gmail.com

THE CYCLIST:

1. Gyaltsen :
I was 12 years old, when I escaped. I escaped with 3 people. My mother paid a nomad to carry me across the border. I had to walk for one month as a young child. I was forced to walk about 1000 kilometers in one month. We had to hide by day time and walk right through the night. My entire body was covered with wounds from walking through forests at night for 12 hours. We were nearly always low on food, but we could not beg as so many spies were around. We had to walk in the night without torches. This was dangerous as the mountain paths were narrow and we could have easily fallen off the mountains at night and it was sure death.

2. Lugoen Thar:
I had to run in winter over the snow passes with 20 people. It took me one month. We had to escape Chinese army patrols. We had to sleep in the day time inside caves and under rocks and only walk during the night inside the Snow Mountains. We could not cook in the day time as the smoke would alert the Chinese police and army. It was also dangerous as the glaciers were melting and had crevices which were covered by snow, one wrong step and we could die. After I escaped to Nepal, we were surprised that the Nepalese police tried to force us to go back to Tibet as the Chinese were putting pressure on Nepalese to send us all back.
Almost all the time I was hungry. But we could not eat a full stomach as we needed to save the food. Begging was not an option as in many villages there were spies, who could inform the police and we could get caught. So we were forced to walk a whole month nearly hungry the whole time. We had to sparingly eat the food we had as we had to make it last a month.
3. Tselo Gyal:
I was 13 years old when my Grand father asked me to leave Tibet. I was so young that I did not understand the implications. I was so happy to leave my village to see the outside world, and I thought it would be possible to return to my village when I wanted to. My Grandfather arranged some documents, so I was able to drive up to the border. I was able to cross the border at a small border crossing. I had no money, so I was sent to a Tibetan refugee center, where I had to stay for 3 months. It was then i realized that I could not go back and was cut off from my family. I would cry frequently.It was there that I first saw the picture of His Holiness The Dalai Lama. I had never see it before as it was banned in Tibet, and the police could take action against you if they found you had a picture of him.This was the f irst time I realized I am Tibetan

Tselo Gyal( Student Cycilist )
+91988240568

COORDINATORS:

a. Tsering Dolkar (Public relations coordinator)
+917760845455

b. Tenzin Samten (Administration in charge)
+918867458788