by Tong-Len UK | Jan 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Thanks to a very generous donation, we have a new health bus. This mini-hospital on wheels has a registration and pre-scanning area, a doctor’s room, a medical lab, a washroom, a small kitchen, and a pharmacy. The bus will greatly enhance Tong-Len’s ability to...
by Tong-Len UK | Jul 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
A new venture, thanks to a generous legacy from a supporter, has been the establishment of a scholarship fund. This is an initiative to provide financial assistance to deserving students from slum and underprivileged backgrounds to enable them to pursue a higher level...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 10, 2022 | Health, Uncategorized
The Tong-Len health project is a co-operation project of the Dalai Lama Trust serving the slum communities in the Kangra valley. It provides a range of health facilities, including hospital follow-up and antenatal care. Over the last 6 months approximately 5000 people...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 10, 2022 | Celebration, Vocational Training
The vocational training centre has two programs currently on offer, with a total of 40 students. The tailoring program has 15 students, and the new electrician program has 25 students. Their course is entitled house wiring and home appliances repairing and is...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 10, 2022 | Celebration
This year was the biggest Thanks Day ever, with about 1,000 people attending including families from the slum, sponsors and supporters from around the world, and many local, national and international guests. The chief guest was the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Shri...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 10, 2022 | Tong-Len School
The Tong-Len school is now fully functioning again after the long break due to Covid. Almost 330 children now attend regularly. The Tong-Len school now provides education from Kindergarten up to grade 10. There are approximately equal numbers of hostel children and...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 10, 2022 | Communities
Tong-Len is working with The Dharamshala Municipal Corporation (DMC) to provide housing in a new housing development near the old Charan Khad slum as part of the Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) under the Government of India Ministry of...
by Tong-Len UK | Oct 16, 2021 | Vocational Training
We are so pleased to be able to share with you photos of our tailoring course within our brand new Vocational Training Centre. We currently have 10 trainees who are learning a host of skills that we hope will lead them to paid work, freeing them from a life of...
by Tong-Len UK | Sep 8, 2021 | Vocational Training
The Tong-Len Vocational Training Centre has now trained 30 students on its Construction Electrician Course. The curriculum and facilities have been inspected and approved by NSDC (National Skill Development Corporation of India). Our first batch of trainees are...
by Tong-Len UK | Aug 18, 2021 | Communities
Work has started on building new shelters for the residents of the Chetru slum who lost their homes and meagre belongings to the flood waters. The local authority has allowed new shelters to be built on a piece of land close to Sarah village, not far from the Tong-Len...
by Tong-Len UK | Jul 15, 2021 | Communities
You may have seen in the news that there has been terrible weather in the Dharamsala area leading to flash flooding and landslides. The Chetru slum has been very badly affected, with many families’ homes and possessions swept away by flood waters. These marginalised...
by Tong-Len UK | Mar 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, 8th March, was International Women’s Day 2021 and the theme for this year is #ChooseToChallenge. Women and girls are more likely to live in poverty, and the negative effects of Covid-19 have impacted women disproportionately. We must all #choosetochallenge...
by Tong-Len UK | Nov 19, 2020 | Celebration
19th of November is a very special day for Tong-Len as it has been celebrated as Thanks Day by the children of Tong-Len to show gratitude to all the individuals and organizations who have been supporting us for the work we are doing. This day always has been a...
by Tong-Len UK | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized, Vocational Training
Despite the many challenges of the Covid 19 pandemic, the new vocational training centre opened its doors to the first 15 students in October 14th. These students from families living below the poverty line are enrolled in a 6 months electrician training program where...
by Tong-Len UK | Nov 7, 2020 | Celebration, Tertiary Education
Congratulations to Nisha, Poonam and Sarika on the completion of their nursing studies. The 3 girls have now graduated and will shortly begin their professional careers. Sarika has decided that her first position should be with Tong-Len, so will be working within the...
by Tong-Len UK | Sep 21, 2020 | Celebration, Hostels
On September 21st the hostel children celebrated World Peace Day. They learned about building peaceful societies and the importance of living a non-violent life, accepting of others. These teachings are crucial parts of the Tong-Len School curriculum which strives to...
by Tong-Len UK | Sep 5, 2020 | Communities, Health
In recent weeks, the pandemic has been gaining momentum in India. In response to this alarming trend, Tong Len has rolled out its ration distribution program to over 150 people in order to encourage families to stay isolated and to endeavour to contain the spread of...
by Tong-Len UK | Aug 13, 2020 | Communities
Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on the poorest communities, and access to work is often an insurmountable challenge. However, in recent weeks, the ‘Tong-Len Social Enterprise’ project, led by two of our alumni, has found work for 16 people. Much of this work is...
by Tong-Len UK | Apr 23, 2020 | Communities, Health, Tong-Len Video
From the 20th March to 23rd April Tong-Len has been distributing food to the slum people. For the first few days it was only possible to help those families in most urgent need – they received cooked food from our nursery tent. Thanks to donations into our emergency...
by Tong-Len UK | Mar 22, 2020 | Hostels, Tong-Len School
Because of the Covid 19 pandemic, all schools and hostels in Himachal Pradesh have been ordered to close. There are confirmed cases in Dharamsala. We have successfully appealed to the government to keep our hostels open because of the vulnerability of our hostel...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
We are very excited to report our new 4 storey school building is completed and in use. We are very grateful to The Pencil Tree charity for partnering with us in our school and hostel projects. The Pencil Tree charity started when a few Australian friends visited...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Tong-Len annual Thanks Day was held once again on 19th November, marking 15 years of Tong-Len. It was a wonderful day of celebration and entertainment attended by the children from the Tong-Len hostel and school along with their families from the nearby slum and...
