In 2022 RTL entered its 7th year. Having dealt with political protests, military curfews, earthquakes, rice shortage for our mums, Covid-19 closing schools and its travel restrictions, 2022 took us into a new exciting phase. During 2021 we began working with three new schools in Kalimpong and at the start of the 2022 academic year, we started 45 children in nursery and kindergarten - more than [...]
In 2016 by Divine Providence a group of friends met to form a charity - Room To Learn (RTL). Six years on RTL have helped over one 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, like the two families shown here. There is no [...]
“The importance of foundational skills: There is a mountain of evidence on the benefits of education. For individuals and families, education leads to higher productivity and earnings, poverty reduction, higher rates of employment, better health outcomes, and greater civic engagement. For societies, education contributes to faster innovation and growth, better-functioning institutions, greater intergenerational social mobility, higher levels of social trust, and a lower likelihood of conflict. [...]
She did it. You can watch her flight here: The donation page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jennifer-maxwell2?utm will remain open for a short while longer.
During the pandemic, charities have faced many challenges. For us, the Happy Days nursery in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India remains closed due to lockdown. Room to Learn have adopted home teaching methods for boys and girls whose families live below the poverty line (BPL families live on less than £1.50 per day). Our teaching staff are putting together weekly learning programmes for the children to use [...]
The Trustees of Room to Learn thank all those (see below) who have come forward to help us. The Sai Ram Trust “Love all - Serve all”. Without the Sai Ram Trust funds, we would not have been able to expand and grow. Their kindness meant we could take in more ‘below the poverty line’ children (BPL) . They have supported us financially every year and, [...]
As you can see from the letter above Baroness Caroline Cox has agreed to become a patron to Room to Learn. Baroness Cox is a cross-bench member of the House of Lords and was created a life peer in 1982. She was the deputy speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005. She is the founder and CEO of an organisation called Humanitarian Aid [...]
Alen Rai was a pupil at Happy Days Nursery and after two years he moved on to St. Augustine's School. His first year has been badly affected by the pandemic and he was only able to physically attend for four weeks before the school was closed. The rest of his work has had to be done at home but as you can see from his [...]
On 2nd of March, our school year began well, with 24 new pupils resulting from Ann's leafleting and visits to the nearby Bear's Den region (about 8km away from Happy days School) and Khop Mountain. This intake included 3 sets of twins! Looking to the future, Brian and Ann used our donated bus to visit the Peshok Tea Gardens. The plantation has been abandoned and all [...]
Three of our trustees, Ann (CEO), Brian and Jenny have just gone out to Happy Days Nursery. I will let you know how they got on when they come back. They have a lot planned to prepare for the start of the new school year on 2nd March. They are currently helping to ready the classrooms. Brian is constructing some additional classroom furniture and building and [...]