Wangpo Tethong was born to Tibetan refugees at the Kinderdorf Pestalozzi in Trogen, Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden.

[3] In 1988 Tethong assisted the German Die Grünen politicians Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian, convenors of the first international hearing on Tibet.

Since 2001 he is the elected president of the Gesellschaft Schweizerisch-Tibetische Freundschaft (GSTF), literally Swiss-Tibetan Friendship Society.

Among other events, Tethong also organized the manifestations with HH 14th Dalai Lama in Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria) and Zürich (Switzerland).

[1] Since April 2000 Tethong is the media officer of Greenpeace Switzerland, since 2006 senior consultant for the Zürich-based Kampagnenforum,[3] an agency for development and implementation of participatory communication campaigns.