Lha's missioncharitable istrust aims to be "a resource of education and knowledge that provides meaningful, multi-level social and educationeducational services for the benefit of others."<ref>{{cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.lhasocialwork.org/|work=Lha Charitable Trust – Institute for Social Work and Education|publisher=Lha Charitable Trust|accessdate=16 March 2013|year=2013}}</ref> The organization seeks to generate an atmosphere of harmony and cooperation within the community by tending toaddressing the needs of the impoverished and underprivileged. A key focus of Lha is to assist Tibetan refugees toin surviveadapting and prosperthriving in their new home, while also preserving the unique Tibetan culture. Approximately 60 percent of Lha's graduates work in the local community, 30 percent work abroad, and 10 percent return to Tibet.<ref name="Home" /> The Trust partners with several local and international organizations, such as the Tibetan Parent's Association, the Tibetan Women's Association, and the Leprosy Assistance project—allProject—all of these bodieswhich regularly collaborate with the Trust "to better meet the needs of the exiled community."<ref name="Emp">{{cite web|title=LLha Charitable Trust :Dharamsala|url=http://www.empoweringvision.org/article.php?cat=4&&id=32|work=Empowering the Vision|accessdate=16 March 2013|year=2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728220810/http://www.empoweringvision.org/article.php?cat=4&&id=32#|archive-date=28 July 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The Trust's Outreach Program provides aid to the wider Indian community through self-sustaining clean water projects, environmental initiatives, and donations of medicine, books, and clothing.
The Trust aims to "build a social service bridge for the Tibetan refugee community toin [[northern India]]."<ref name="Emp" /> Lha's primary objectives include:
#Provide Providing social services to Tibetan refugees and the local Himalayan population.
#Provide Offering Tibetan refugees with education and health services, as well as the skills and assistance needed to build a new life in exile.
#Facilitate Facilitating mutual learning and cultural exchange experiences between Tibetans, volunteers, and other visitors.
#Create Creating awareness of the Tibetan refugee situation and preservepreserving the endangered [[Tibetan culture]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Volunteer Abroad with Lha Charitable Trust in India|url=http://omprakash.org/partner_profile/p/21|work=Omprakash|publisher=Omprakash Foundation|accessdate=16 March 2013|year=2011}}</ref>
