Tibetan Education Action
བོད་ཀྱི་ཤེས་ཡོན་རྒྱ་སྐྱེད་ལས་འགུལ་ཚོགས་པ།
Tibetan Education Action (TEA) is a registered, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, created in 1995 in support of an array of Tibetan cultural preservation and aid projects. Our initial projects included building the first elementary school in Tingri, Tibet, and bringing medical care to remote villages in Western Tibet. Our organization has worked on projects to create meaningful support for Tibetan education, arts, medicine, monastic traditions, and scholarships for Tibetan youth. Based in Minneapolis, MN, USA, we work with organizations in India, Nepal and Tibet.
Our Mission:
Tibetan Education Action is committed to Tibetan cultural preservation, creating meaningful support via projects in Tibetan education, Tibetan arts, Tibetan medicine, Tibetan Buddhist monastic traditions, and scholarships for Tibetan youth.
We work to share Tibetan culture via programming with visiting Tibetan medical doctors from Men Tse Khang, guest speakers ranging from former Tibetan political prisoners, well known Buddhist scholars, visiting monks and nuns from the great Tibetan lineage, to Tibetan performers, artists and filmmakers.
We seek to foster connections between communities, and are continuously inspired by the compassionate principles of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, whose emphasis on interfaith harmony has led to many TEA-sponsored interfaith events.
Who We Are
About Us
Tibetan Education Action (TEA) is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization created in 1995 by Thupten and Nancy Dadak as a vehicle for an array of Tibetan education and cultural preservation projects. TEA’s initial project successfully built the first school to serve village children in Tingri, Tibet, near Mount Everest. Since 1995, TEA has worked collaboratively on projects supporting Tibetan education, Tibetan traditional medicine, Tibetan Buddhist monastic life, and Tibetan arts.
What We Do
Our Programs
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, TEA currently works with Tibetan communities in India & Nepal, and creates educational and outreach events in the USA. We organize Tibetan concerts and cultural events, teachings by visiting Buddhist high lamas, Monastery & Nunnery Sacred Arts tours, interfaith events bringing together diverse communities, traditional Tibetan medicine engagements and consultations with Tibetan doctors, the Maitreya Project Buddhist Relic Tour, and speakers ranging from former Tibetan political prisoners to artists and filmmakers, to name a few.
What You Can Do
Volunteer or Donate
TEA relies on donations to fund its work, and often seeks volunteers to help with individual projects.
Organizations, churches and community groups are welcome to inquire about TEA events, speakers and educational opportunities.
“The True Nature of Humankind is Gentleness.”
-H.H. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Join us Today!
Tibetan Education Action derives its operating funds through general fund donations, and through sponsorships of individual projects and events. You can play a role with your financial support today. Help keep the vital traditions of Tibet vibrant and alive!
Co-Director of TEA
Thupten Dadak
FOUNDER OF TIBETAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA, TIBETAN RESETTLEMENT PROJECT COORDINATOR,TWIN CITIES.
Co-Director of TEA
Nancy Dadak
ADMINISTRATOR (25 yr.TENURE),MONASTERY RENOVATION PROJECT DIRECTOR, GYUTO WHEEL OF DHARMA MONASTERY, MINNEAPOLIS.
PROJECTS
EDUCATION
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS
How You Can Get Involved?
Volunteer or Host
Use your skills to support TEA projects. Help with event planning, promotions, execute project plans onsite. Host or volunteer with visiting participants. Contact us for opportunities.
Sponsor a Program
TEA derives its operating funds through donations, and spends carefully to maximize project effectiveness. We take no salaries, pay no office rent, keep very low operating costs, and have a track record of successful projects.
Support Tibetan Culture
Save Tibet!
GET INVOLVED TODAY!
Contact us. Let’s Work Together
If you or your organization are interested in sponsorship, please use the form below.
687 2nd Ave,NW,
New Brighton,MN 55112
651 247 7782
tea-inquiries@gmail.com