- In January 2008 Austin local NPR
affiliate,
KUT-90.5FM, featured an interview with TALI's founder, Patricia
Schiaffini. You can follow this
link to their podcast,
or you can directly listen to the mp3 file here.
- In late 2007, Southwestern
University (Georgetown, Texas) featured an article about TALI. The full
coverage can be found here.
New Children's Books by TALI
In Summer 2007 TALI published
and distributed two originally written Tibetan-language
children's
books:
- A Little Frog and a Crow, written by Nangsal Tenzin Norbu and Tsering Choedron, illustrated by Dedron. Book design by Tsering Namgyal.
- The Prince and the
Yoguin's Daughter, adapted
and illustrated by Serdrak Dondrup Tseten, a renown Rebkong thangka
painter. Book Design by Tracy Ellen Smith.
Ten thousand copies of the books were
succesfully distributed in schools and libraries all over
Tibetan-populated areas in the People's Republic of China. TALI
achieved the successful wide distribution of the books by relying
on its network of local vounteers and by parterning with many local and
international NGOs and non-profit organizations operating in these
areas.
Book Drives
- In Fall 2006 TALI carried out book drives in partnership with several Austin-area schools and day-care centers. The English-language children's books donated by parents and students at those institutions were sent by TALI to Tibet Library in Lhasa.
The Children Section of Tibet
Library
- During Spring 2007, TALI
parterned with Southwestern University's Office of Civic Engagement in
a book drive to benefit TALI's publication-related projects.
Educational Toys Drive
During the Summer of 2007 educational toys donated by
Austin-area families were distributed among day-care centers in Lhasa,
like the one feratured below.
Cemenlin Day Care Center, Lhasa