by Tong-Len UK | Apr 21, 2016 | Uncategorised
The government of Himachal Pradesh has issued an eviction notice to the slum community in Charan Khad. They have been told they must leave but they have no place to go. The senior hostel children decided to act on behalf of their families and their community. They...
by Tong-Len UK | Mar 19, 2016 | Child Sponsorship, Fund Raising, Hostels, International
A group of 26 international students from America, Mexico, Germany and China were so impressed with Tong-Len’s hostel and the kids themselves on a visit to Dharmasala last year that they made the decision to raise money to sponsor a slum child from Charan for...
by Tong-Len UK | Jan 1, 2016 | Celebration, Hostels
The hostel children usually celebrate the New Year in their own homes in Charan, but this time the children brought in the New Year at the hostel with a party. The children show pictures and describe this happy event on their own web site makingconnection.org in the...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 25, 2015 | Uncategorised
The tent school children from Charan joined the hostel children to celebrate Christmas. Altogether there were more than 300 children at the Christmas festivities. There was much fun and games as can be seen in the video posted by the children on their own...
by Tong-Len UK | Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorised
Some of the senior hostel children held a press conference for journalists a few days before the inauguration of the new hostel, chaired by Jamyang, Director, Tong-Len Charitable Trust and also attended by Anna and Gareth Owen (Tong-Len UK). The children told the...
