​The first Tadra orphanage was built in Dawo (Kham) in 1997. It serves whole of Southeast Tibet. Greater population is made up of nomads with harsh living conditions and with high illiteracy rate and poor access to health care and basic needs. 

Children: 300
Annual admission: 30 children
Orphan Houses: 7
Youth Hostel: 1
Union Hall: 1
Kitchen: 1
Green house: 2
Primary school: 1
Vocational training school: 1
Average altitude: 10,000 feet plus (3200 meters)
Winter temperature: Minus 4 F (-20C)
Secondary school: Children travel to nearby schools as day scholars

Dawo campus