Tibetan Village Store in 2006: In 2006, TVP trained five Tibetan artisans: one man and four women in handcraft production in Lhasa and started Tibetan Village Store that serves as a coop by working with different artisans such as weavers, and wool spinners who would supply raw materials and artisans at the store design and produce Tibetan handcrafts. After three years support from TVP, this three-storey store (retail space on the first floor, training room on the second floor and an office on the third floor) is able to support its own financially and continue to make progress. Part of the success has been keeping its goal of becoming self-supported (not have a big fancy with huge operational costs) and avoiding dependency on NGO’s financial support to survive.  In 2010, Tibet Tourism Bureau with Lhasa TV Station collaborated and produced a 30-minute documentary to showcase the store as “Cultural Heritage” model and showed it on TVP every for one week. It was not only a great advertisement but also a validation and support from the Chinese government. Now the store has been already invited to different trade shows in mainland cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.