Tong-Len
A Charitable TrustWe help displaced communities in North India achieve a secure and sustainable future by addressing the root causes of their poverty and ill-health through a range of education and health-based projects
Taking on humanity, one step at a time...
Tong-Len is a small charity working with displaced Indian communities in the area around Dharamsala. Most families live in a state of desperation within slum camps.
Tong-Len aims to help these homeless communities gain access to basic human rights. The main focus is to break the cycle of deprivation through education. To this end, Tong-Len has established its own school and provides hostel accommodation for those children in most need. .
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About Us
Tong-Len is a partnership of two independent charities, Tong-Len Charitable Trust (Charity Number 16284) registered in India in December 2004, and Tong-Len UK (Charity Number SC036383) registered in Scotland in March 2005.
The founder and Director of Tong-Len Charitable Trust, Therchin Gyaltsen (Jamyang), had a vision to help destitute Indian children, seen begging in the streets and scavenging in the rubbish dumps, gain access to education.
Tong-Len UK was established to raise funds for the projects adminstered by Tong-Len Charitable Trust.
In some projects, especially health, Tong-Len works in partnership with the Dalai Lama Trust.
Jamyang, a refugee Tibetan monk, was moved by the plight of the young Indian children he saw begging in the street and scavenging in the rubbish bins. He discovered they were living in terrible conditions in a slum camp with no access to clean water, sanitation or education.
Jamyang shared his concerns and his vision to help these children go to school with a few other Tibetan refugees and Western volunteers who helped him establish the charity in India.
The name Tong-Len comes from the Tibetan words meaning ‘give’ and ‘take’, the idea being that through compassion one shares in the suffering and pain of others whilst simultaneously giving out love and kindness.
Our News
Tong-Len nursing students graduate
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...
Hostel children celebrate World Peace Day on Sept 21st
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...
Tong-Len continues its food distribution programme in the slums
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...
Tong-Len graduates assist slum community members find work
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...
COVID19 Update 23 April 2020
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...
COVID-19 Emergency
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...
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