by Tong-Len UK | Jan 20, 2018 | Celebration
Tong-Len has been honoured to receive an award for its work at a national youth conference held in Gujurat on the 11th – 13th January and organised by Maharaja Sajirao University of Baroda. Each year, this conference gives awards to six outstanding social...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 12, 2017 | Communities
As mentioned in a post in November 2016 the families evicted from Charan Khad in June 2016 were forced to move outside the town of Dharamsala which had been the home of some of them for almost 35 years. Although a few have since moved far away, the majority are...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 12, 2017 | Communities
As well as working hard for his Bachelor of Commerce degree in the government college Dharamsala, Vijay has been helping the evicted slum communities. Vijay was concerned about the conditions that the slum community were living in and wanted to help them. He...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 10, 2017 | Communities, Education
Tong-Len is now able to provide primary education to the children from the slum camps through the new school established in the Tong-Len hostels. Children are taken in the Tong-Len bus each day to join the children resident in the hostels. For the very young...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 9, 2017 | Communities, Health
The Tong-Len health team have been working hard to support the families evicted from their homes in Charan Khad. Regular clinics are being held in all the places where the families have relocated, mainly in the vicinity of Chetru close to the airport near Gaggal. In...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 8, 2017 | Education, Holistic education, Hostels
Tong-Len opened a primary school on the 21st August within the hostel premises as a pilot project. There are 74 children between the ages of three and ten in the school, 50 from the hostel and 24 are day pupils from the slums. Currently the school has three classes...
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 7, 2017 | Tertiary Education
We are delighted that all eight of the year 12 students passed the state board examination with excellent marks. Sarika, Poonam and Nisha Devi are now studying nursing at a college near Dharamsala. Mamta is doing her BA degree and then hopes to specialise in law....
by Tong-Len UK | Dec 7, 2017 | Holistic education, Hostels, Student Outreach
The senior students of Tong-Len who are studying in various colleges around Dharamsala have taken their acquired leadership, management, team work, social engagement and dedication skills outside of the boundaries of Tong-Len. Having realised the benefit of secular...
by Tong-Len UK | Nov 23, 2017 | Celebration, Hostels
Tong-Len celebrated its 13th Anniversary and Thanks Day on the 19th November, this being the date on which the first purpose-built hostels were opened by His Holiness The Dalai Lama in 2011. This was a very happy occasion, attended by almost 500 people including...
by Tong-Len UK | Aug 7, 2017 | Fund Raising
Thanks once again to the Medusa Dance Company (MDC), from the Crawshaw Academy in Leeds, for donating all the profits from their annual showcase to Tong-Len. MDC is a unique and innovative company of committed and inspiring young women who train twice a week to...
