Palais des Thés continues to support the Karuna-Shechen association

For the past two years, Palais des Thés has supported the Karuna-Shechen association founded by Matthieu Ricard. Karuna-Shechen carries out humanitarian projects for disadvantaged populations in India, Nepal and Tibet.

In 2020 we launched Black Friday For Good in our stores 1. For every €50 spent we gave our customers a €10 voucher. Every time a voucher was spent we donated €10 to the association. The funds raised helped to finance a project to supply electricity to homes by installing solar panels. Six hundred households in the Sindhuli and Udaypur districts of Nepal have benefited, and thirty women have been trained to maintain the panels. In 2021 we repeated the initiative and raised €44,050, which we donated to Karuna-Shechen for a responsible farming project in Ruby Valley, Nepal. Located in the Himalayan foothills, this remote Nepalese region is inhabited by different communities who make their living mainly from farming and raising livestock. In order to improve the living conditions of these people, who don’t receive any other assistance, Karuna-Shechen has provided support in healthcare, education, food safety and the environment.

Thanks to more than 4,000 of our customers who have contributed to the project.