Shocking new information has come to light that as many as one million Tibetan children & youth – as young as 6 years old – are being held in China's colonial boarding schools, removed from their parents, families, culture, and religion, and faced with intense political indoctrination.
Please take action to demand Chinese leaders stop the use of colonial boarding schools in occupied Tibet.
Tibet Action Institute's report shares heartbreaking stories from survivors and witnesses about the brutal impact of China's colonial boarding schools.
One anonymous witness told them, "I know of children aged four to five who don’t want to be separated from their mothers. They are forced to go to boarding schools. In some cases, the children cry for days, sticking to their mother’s laps, begging not to be sent away."
This spine-chilling practice is similar to historic residential schools for indigenous children in Canada, the US, and Australia that aimed to destroy their indigenous language, culture, and identity. We can’t let this happen again.
Please take a few minutes to email China’s Vice Premier and Minister of Education to demand this practice is stopped?
We're now developing plans and resources for Tibet groups to build more urgent action about China's colonial boarding schools to ensure Tibetan children are not forgotten.
Thanks for all that you do to support Tibet.
Mandie, Lobsang, Pema, Terluz and the team at Tibet Network
Read more about China's Colonial Boarding Schools:
Separated From Their Families, Hidden From The World
Tibet Action Institute
The horrors of Canada’s residential schools are being repeated in Tibet
Globe And Mail - Tsering Yangzo Lama
One anonymous witness told them, "I know of children aged four to five who don’t want to be separated from their mothers. They are forced to go to boarding schools. In some cases, the children cry for days, sticking to their mother’s laps, begging not to be sent away."
This spine-chilling practice is similar to historic residential schools for indigenous children in Canada, the US, and Australia that aimed to destroy their indigenous language, culture, and identity. We can’t let this happen again.
Please take a few minutes to email China’s Vice Premier and Minister of Education to demand this practice is stopped?
We're now developing plans and resources for Tibet groups to build more urgent action about China's colonial boarding schools to ensure Tibetan children are not forgotten.
Thanks for all that you do to support Tibet.
Mandie, Lobsang, Pema, Terluz and the team at Tibet Network
Separated From Their Families, Hidden From The World
Tibet Action Institute
The horrors of Canada’s residential schools are being repeated in Tibet
Globe And Mail - Tsering Yangzo Lama
Theatre of Actions for Rights
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
LOGOS/HA HA