Thousands receive health care every year in the Tong-Len clinics
Taking healthcare to poor rural communities, with limited access to medical services
Serving the poorest communities in the Dharamshala area
The health programme provides an intensive level of support to over 3,000 people per year living in extreme poverty in the Dharamshala area. A range of monthly clinics are conducted, along with an emergency response service, meaning that more adults survive, more children thrive and fewer babies die of malnutrition.
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Bringing essential health services to people in remote rural areas throughout the region
The Tong-Len health bus enables the team to deliver outreach healthcare clinics to poor people living in remote rural communities – serving over 17,000 people per year who have limited access to medical services. Our focus on prevention means that people living in extreme poverty can improve their health, wellbeing and life chances through health screening, early detection, early intervention and health education.
Our impact
32,000 consultations a year in the most impoverished communities around Dharamshala , providing essential medical treatment and detection to save and prolong life
17,000 people receive healthcare services in remote rural communities every year, enabling early detection, prevention and treatment
60% of births in an impoverished Marathi community supported by the health team are now in hospital (up from 20% in 2017), ensuring more babies and mothers survive and thrive
98% of children in the impoverished Dharamashala communities receive full vacination, preventing illness and disease
Young child receiving vaccination
15,000 blood tests are conducted in Tong-Len lab per year, enabling quick results and treatment
2,700 x-rays were conducted in the first 3 months of the x-ray machine being installed in the health bus, bringing early detection and treatment to these patients for the first time
