In 2016 a group of friends met to form the charity - Room To Learn (RTL). Six years on RTL have helped over a hundred little girls and boys. How? By providing free pre-school facilities to children from the poorest families in Kalimpong. Living on £1.50 per day, we have a mother with her two small children living in a [...]
Festive greetings to all our wonderful supporters. Picture thirty little boys and girls aged between 21⁄2 to 5 yrs, each clutching a large bag, half their size, toddling home, their tummy's full of chocolate cake and moo-moos. In their bag, they have a cuddly toy, a colouring book, a woollen jumper, hat, gloves, small toy and sweets. [...]
July 2019 NEWSLETTER: Greetings to all our wonderful supporters. In the far Northeast corner of India, ‘Happy Days' nursery nestles in the foothills of Kalimpong. Here thirty-one girls and boys aged 2 ½ to 4 ½, all from families below the poverty line, living on less than £1.20 per day, are SUPPORTED TOTALLY THROUGH YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS. Indeed, it is [...]
Jenny and Corinna arrived at the end of February and decorated class 3. We did not know at that stage how many children from the 2018 class 2, would return. Ann and Brian arrived in time for the new intake of children, which starts annually on the first Monday in March. Jenny dealt with the [...]
ROOM TO LEARN 2018 FUNDRAISING GARDEN PARTY What are the signs of a good party? Lots of empty wine bottles, good food and clean plates and lots of socialising. A great meeting of warm, generous-hearted folk. They and all our amazing friends who live too far away to attend, ensured by their overwhelming generosity that Room to Learn has the finances to continue its work. [...]
Greetings to all our wonderful supporters. It was good to be back with the children this spring. The three-month political siege (which closed our nursery) was by now a forgotten problem and the winter’s bitterly cold weather had ended. I ask myself how the families keep warm with no heating in their homes? The answer is many layered garments, beds stacked high with [...]
The story is that the Mum was told of the nursery. Their Father had been suffering from bad depression and one day was no longer there. Nobody has seen him, and they do not know anything, so he is missing. They do not know if he is alive even. Coming to our school, at least the little girls would have 2 small meals a day. I [...]
We at RTL UK, like to think that every one of our supporters feels that they are involved, and kept informed on how the money collected is spent, and the progress the children are making. YOU KEEP THE WHEELS TURNING! BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU ONE AND ALL. On November 14th before leaving the hills of Kalimpong Ann and Brian organised a party for the [...]
CEO Statement - 28th September 2017 We are pleased to announce our school has now re-opened following the political unrest in Kalimpong. The school has been closed since the 12th June 2017 after a strike was called by the state administration. More details of this political situation are provided below. The school is up and running again and the children are now back to the classes [...]
When we started Back in August 9th 2015, little did we know the twists and turns that would confront us. Our first charity visit took us to India. We arrived prepared with an introductory letter to the British Embassy, secured by Mr Jack Straw then MP, with a letter from Mr David Cameron, our former Prime Minister. Gaining advice, we proceeded to the Home Affairs Office [...]