TCV Patlikuhl

In early 1968, a group of Tibetan road construction workers in Kullu Valley started a small nursery in Patlikuhl that took care of their children when they were taking away working. Due to the lack of finances, they could not continue running it after a few years. In 1971, TCV took over the responsibility. The nursery was soon expanded to become a complete residential school. In 1979, there were 300 children in the school. With an aim to solve the overcrowding problems and accommodating more and more children arriving from Tibet, a massive reconstruction project was carried out in the mid-1980s with funds coming from friends of TCV. Today, TCV Patlikuhl has over 600 children with educational facilities through class eight after which children are sent to the other TCV branch schools.

As the school is close to the Beas river, flooding during the monsoon has become a serious threat to the school which, in fact, was once completely inundated in 1995. Fortunately, the children had been evacuated in time due to the alertness and instant action of the staff meant a safe evacuation of all the children. For many months the school had to carry out massive repair and dredging work. Eventually, TCV decided to move this school to Chauntra near the Tibetan Bir Settlement. The construction work for the TCV School Chauntra has already been started and we hope to finish the construction soon.

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