by Tong-Len UK | Dec 6, 2016 | Celebration, Hostels
Tong-Len celebrated its 12th Anniversary and Thanks Day on the 19th November, this being the date on which the first hostels were opened by His Holiness The Dali Lama in 2011. Since the tenth anniversary in 2014, it has been the custom to present Tong-Len awards to...
by Tong-Len UK | Nov 17, 2016 | Communities, Education
The plight of the families evicted from Charan Khad, Dharamsala in June is desperate. After a horrendous time on the road in monsoon rains, the majority have erected flimsy shelters on small pieces of land rented from private landlords in five main locations near...
by Tong-Len UK | Jul 15, 2016 | Tertiary Education
Five of the children who finished school this year have now started degree courses in local colleges (Kangra District). Renu and Ranjeeta are studying for a BA degree and Vijay a batchelor degree in commerce at MCM DAV College Kangra, a college affiliated to Himachal...
by Tong-Len UK | Jul 1, 2016 | Tertiary Education
We send our congratulations to Karan for being accepted to study for a BBM (Bachelor of Business Management) degree at JSS College of Arts, Mysore. He started his course in July 2016. We wish him well in his studies.
by Tong-Len UK | Jun 20, 2016 | Communities
It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we have to tell you that the Charan slum community is no more. On Friday 17th June, around 3pm, the local authority people and the police started destroying the community’s homes with their bulldozers. The...
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...
