“I arrived in Geneva in 2013 as a refugee. I was a nomad back in Tibet. We had yaks, goats, sheep. With yaks you can do wool, meet, milk, butter. You can do everything with yaks. Even yak cheese. We had 45 yaks, and almost 100 animals in total. In Tibet we are not free. We can’t enter and leave freely, we can’t go see the Dalaï Lama. Also, they teach us chinese. There are many difficulties. My family is in Nepal and I’m here. I have two children there, two daughters of 17 and 10 years old. In 2019 I tried to have them come here. But I don’t know where things stand now because of the coronavirus. I didn’t get any reply. I don’t know if they will be able to come. Maybe. It’s difficult. I feel alone here. I’m alone when I eat, I’m alone when I sleep, I live alone. Everything all alone.”

(translated from French, Parc des Bastions)