by Tong-Len UK | Apr 4, 2025
Disease is rife in the slum camps. Respiratory conditions, malnutrition, vitamin deficiency disorders, and blood-borne diseases are widespread. Polio, leprosy, and tuberculosis are not yet eradicated. During the winter months, temperatures can drop below zero, and in...
by Tong-Len UK | Aug 9, 2019
Under Tong-Len’s Child Sponsorship scheme, children living in extreme poverty in slum camps in north India are given the opportunity to attend school full-time whilst living in one of the Tong-Len hostels. All money raised in sponsorship goes towards the...
by Tong-Len UK | Aug 8, 2019
In 2018, Tong-Len decided to run its own school within the hostel complex. Following a successful application to the state education department, Tong-Len was registered to offer education up to grade 8 and the charity duly opened its doors to students in April...
by Tong-Len UK | Aug 7, 2019
Tong-Len has been very concerned to provide education and support for the children of the families that were evicted from their homes in Charan Khad in June 2016. At this time our tent schools within the Charan slum were also destroyed. Since the opening of the...
by Tong-Len UK | Aug 6, 2019
In addition to their academic studies, the hostel students engage in a wide variety of activities concentrating on their individual development, including their leadership skills, their physical development, self confidence, creativity and their awareness and...
