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{{Infobox organization
| name = Lha Charitable Trust
| logo = Logo of lha charitable trust.png
| logo_caption = Logo of Lha Charitable Trust
| type = 12AA & 80G[[Nonprofit organization]]
| founded_date = 1997
| founder(s) = Jampa Tsering and Neil Guidry
| location = Lha Office, Temple Road, [[McLeod Ganj]] – 176219<br /> [[Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh|Dharamsala]], District. Kangra<br />[[Himachal Pradesh]], India
| origins =
| key_people = Ngawang Rabgyal, ''Chairman & Director''<br />Jampa Tsering, ''Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member''<br />Neil Guidry, ''Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member''<br />Tashi Dorjee,<br />Laura Manley,<br /> Duthen Kyi <br />''Advisory Board Member''
| area_served =
| focus = Improve the well-being of Tibetan refugees through social work and education
| revenue =
| endowment =
| num_volunteers =
| num_employees = Permanent: 13<br /> Part-time: 5 <br />Volunteers volunteers: 15-25
| awards = In 2015 Lha was awarded first place in the category of "Best use of Website & Internet Tools" in the South Asia-wide 4th eNGO Challenge Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://engochallenge.org/winners-2015/|title = Winners 2015 – Recognizing Tech for Good among Civil Society Organizations in South Asia, DEF}}</ref>
| website = https://www.lhasocialwork.org/
| owner =
| homepage = [http://www.lhasocialwork.org/] [http:[//www.contactmagazine.net/][http://www.samdhongrinpoche.com/]
| tax_exempt =
| dissolved =
| footnotes =
}}
 
'''Lha Charitable Trust – Institute For Social Work and Education''' ('''Lha)''') is a [[grassroots]], [[nonprofit organization]], and one of the largest [[Tibet|Tibetan]] social work organizations based in [[Dharamshala]], India. It is the first organization established in exile to develop a primary focus on Tibetan social work. The Lha Charitable Trust was founded in 1997 and is registered as a charitable trust by the [[Himachal Pradesh]] government of India. Managed by Tibetan [[refugee]]s, the Lha is supported by volunteers and contributors from around the world, and serves refugees, the local Indian population, and people from the surrounding Himalayan region.
 
The Trust provides volunteers and students with the opportunity to engage in community service and social work on a permanent or temporary basis. As the name suggests, Lha is recognized as one of the organizations that offers volunteering opportunities on the website of [https://gadenrelief.org/ Gaden Relief Projects], an organization that helps to preserve Tibetan culture in India, Mongolia, and Tibet.<ref>{{cite web|title=Volunteer Opportunities|url=http://www.gadenrelief.org/volunteer.html|work=Gaden Relief Projects|accessdate=16 March 2013|year=2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204195758/http://www.gadenrelief.org/volunteer.html|archive-date=4 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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