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
The New School Building funded by Pencil Tree is inaugurated on Thanks Day 2019
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...
A day of thanks and celebration – Tong-Len 2019 Thanks Day
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...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets Tong-Len’s students and staff and representatives of the slum communities
Tong-Len was greatly honoured to have an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamsla on the 7th July, the day following his 84th birthday. Past and present students, staff and representatives of the slum communities had the...
New building for Tong-Len school
A lot has been achieved with the Tong-Len school over the past six months, most notably the completion of a new school building which has enabled us to extend our provision to include year 8 students, to provide a class room for nursery students and to have a...
A day of thanks and celebration – Tong-Len 2018 Thanks Day
A wonderful day of celebration, gratitude and entertainment was held at the hostel on 19th November, marking 14 years of Tong-Len. The lively event was filled with children from the hostel, their families - from the nearby slums and poor communities – and local and...
Tong-Len School opens its doors to more students
Further to the success of the pilot school, Tong-Len is delighted to report that it has been registered by the state education department to offer education to children from grade 1 through to grade 8. The school opened its doors to students in April 2018 (SEE THE...
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