About Songtsen
Welcome to Songtsen website
Hepori Stupa, Tibet.
SONGTSEN is the overall name given to the various projects and activities undertaken by Pema Wangyal Rinpoche and his family since the early 1980s.
The goal of Songtsen is to rescue, preserve and make accessibe the cultural and spiritual traditions of the Tibetan people. Songtsen’s work is inspired by the extraordinary compassionate activity of Kangyur Rinpoche, one of the greatest Tibetan Lamas of the 20th century. It has been active for more than thirty years in aid projects and cultural activities initiated and pursued by a team of Tibetans and Westerners.
Songtsen is made up of four departments :
KRF DEVELOPMENT
KRF Development: Support for Tibetan communities, whether in exile or in Tibet itself, helping them to preserve their identity and unique spiritual and cultural heritage.
KRF Development helps to create needed infrastructures and undertakes projects in education, cultural preservation, health care, environmental protection, and economic development. This work is undertaken for the benefit of threatened Himalayan communities.
CENTRE D’ÉTUDES DE CHANTELOUBE
PADMAKARA
SIDDHARTHA
To provide assistance to poor or orphaned children, particularly in the Tibetan refugee community, but also in impoverished communities generally throughout the Himalayan region (India, Nepal, and Bhutan)—principally in the areas of education and health care.