On 26th February 1963, 21 Tibetan refugee children landed at London Heathrow Airport. A BOAC Airliner brings the thirteen boys and eight girls to the UK, from a refugee camp in northern India. Many now orphaned, the children have fled Chinese occupation and persecution.
Five year old Kalasang Youdon sits alone on the steps of the Airport. The children are to be relocated to the Pestalozzi Village for Children in Sedlescombe, East Sussex, The community is named after eighteenth century swiss educationalist, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Tibetan Refugee Children at Pestalozzi Village for Children in Sedlescombe, East Sussex, 7th March 1963. The Picture Shows close up of youngest child, Sonam Kiypa, eating lunch.
Tibetan Refugee Children at Pestalozzi Village for Children in Sedlescombe, East Sussex, 7th March 1963. The Picture Shows every morning, the Tibetan Flag is run up at their modest home.
Tibetan Refugee Children at Pestalozzi Village for Children in Sedlescombe, East Sussex, 7th March 1963. The Picture Shows Children participate in Buddhist Prayers twice a day.
Tibetan Refugee Children enjoy a day out at the Seaside, visiting St Leonards on Sea, a beach in Hastings, East Sussex, England, 30th April 1963, wearing national costume, the children explore the beach at St Leonards.
