by Gareth Owen | May 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
The cookery school welcomes its first intake of budding chefs The construction of the new kitchen has enabled Tong-Len to start a cookery school. This is part of the Vocational Training Centre funded by the Fontana Foundation. Best wishes to the first group of...
by Gareth Owen | Dec 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
This year’s Thanks Day, a day of celebration on the anniversary of the registration of the Tong-Len Charitable trust, was held in the company of hundreds of guests from the student’s families, state government, local dignitaries, Dalai Lama Trust, sponsors and...
by Tong-Len UK | Apr 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Nisha Golyan, one of the class of 2004 students, and now a journalist for social change with a master’s degree in Mass Communication and Journalism, produced a magazine celebrating Tong-Len’s major transformative achievements over the 20 years of its existence. Nisha...
by Tong-Len UK | Sep 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Tong-Len proudly announces that one of our students from the slum has graduated with the double degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Here is her story. “From Handouts to Healing Hands: My Path to Becoming a Doctor” I’m Dr. Pinky, and my...
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...
