The Tintale Education Foundation (TEF) was created in 2003 by PFCF team members William Aura and Shyam Basnet in order to develop an educational center in the remote village of Tintale in eastern Nepal. The project started in humble conditions and has evolved to a unique primary school with over 300 students and 14 staff members. The Playing For Change Foundation is now supporting portions of the operating budget of this school and we are planning to add several grades in the next few years in order to create the first secondary school within Tintale. If most of our students come from the village there has been a substantial increase in children coming from the surrounding villages.

The school has currently three facilities, including ten classrooms, bathrooms, a computer room, an open-air courtyard, and a playground. In addition, the Mother’s Society center funded by the local municipality offers space for music and dance classes. This school is the first school in the region that implemented compulsory music education providing music lessons in traditional music, dance and singing classes. The TEF has managed to create a successful cultural and educational hub in a rural area with a tremendous impact on the life of the community.