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8/19/2019 Ladakh Images for Inspiration

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SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT

REMOTE MEANS?


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The Only way to reach the Zanskar range – a 2 day trek over multiple 17000 ft

passes. There are about 70 schools on this route!


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Way to Village Nyerak - A rarely visited village, even by local Ladakhis. A small

Primary School – 10 children, about 20 homes


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Village Photoksar – Situated at the edge of a cliff. About 80 homes, one school, 54

children.


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NYOMA BLOCK –The Chanthang Cold Desert. A few hundred miles of Nothingness.

31 schools, a few hundred nomadic families and a lot of yaks


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LINGSHED VILLAGE – A Scattering of about 150 homes.. Spot them!7


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Nubra Block – Only way to reach a remote school – Our team could not

complete this mission!8


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Nubra Block – This village and its school of 25 kids is a 2 hours trek from the

road head9


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REMOTENESS PERSONIFIED10


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YOU THINK YOU HAVE A LONG WAY

TO DRIVE TO GET TO WORK ?

THINK AGAIN!


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Teachers and students make this journey regularly12


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THE FAMOUS ZANSKAR RIVER – FREEZES IN THE MONTHS OF JAN / FEB

– GOOD FOR WALKING ON ?13


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APPARENTLY SO – THAT’S A FATHER HELPING HIS CHILDREN ACROSS THE

FROZEN RIVER -14


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A LOT OF TEACHERS DO THIS 2 DAY JOURNEY MULTIPLE TIMES IN A YEAR TO

REACH A REMOTE SCHOOL15


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YOUNG NUNS – WAITING A FEW HOURS AT SOMEWHERE AROUND 16000 FT,

FOR A VEHICLE TO PASS BY, SO THEY CAN HITCH A RIDE 16


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SO, HOW WOULD YOU SURVIVE A 3 DAY WALK ? THIS IS HOW. A STOVE, A FEW UTENSILS,

HARD LADAKHI BREAD THAT LASTS DAYS, BUTTER, SALTED TEA AND MELTED SNOW! 17


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MAP MY SCHOOL

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Durbuk Block – Remote and ignored, one of the many schools we covered 19


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A school in Nubra Valley – 43 children, 3 teachers and no classrooms!20


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Nyoma Block – A Middle School21


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THAT’S A SCHOOL THAT YOU SEE, PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED. 54 KIDS, 5

TEACHERS 22


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NYOMA BLOCK – LAST SCHOOL AND VILLAGE NEXT TO THE CHINA BORDER23


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LADAKH SCHOOLS

KIDS EVERYWHERE DESERVE A

CHANCE TO LEARN

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A Typical scene – A school of about 25 kids from Nursery to grade 5, with the

teacher’s child in attendance 25


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NO MATTER HOW LITTLE THE CHILDREN, THEY GO TO SCHOOL, AND WE LOVE

THAT! 26


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3 children in grade 4 of a school in remote Nyoma 27


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Nubra Block – slightly more densely populated than the other areas 28


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Nubra Block – Yet another scene. Lack of classrooms takes education outdoors! 29


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KIDS AT WORK! 30


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JUGAAD !

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE

VERY LIMITED RESOURCES TO TEACH

?


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IT TAKES ALL SHAPES AND SIZES TO MAKE IT WORK – PAINTED ON A WALL 32


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THE ENTIRE WALL HAS BEEN PAINTED 33


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NUMBERS AND ALPHABETS PERMANENTLY ETCHED ON THE WALL 34


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DON’T MISS THE ANIMALS DRAWN ON THE BACK WALL – MOST OF THESE KIDS

WOULD HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THESE ANIMALS 35


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THAT TAKES A LOT OF HEART TO DO – PAINTED ON A WINDOW PANE 36


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BROKEN SLABS OF WALL –

USED –

TO DISPLAY THE MAP OF INDIA 37


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ANYONE SEE THE IRONY IN THIS ? –

DRAWING A GLOBE ON A WALL! 38


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WHEN YOU CANT TAKE PICTURES OR DON’T HAVE CHARTS – JUST TAKE THE

REAL THING! 39


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COLOUR COLOUR ON THE WALL –

HOW WILL YOU REMEMBER THEM ALL ? 40


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ENTRY WAY TO A CLASSROOM –

LEST YOU FORGET YOUR COLOURS 41


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WHAT THE VISITORS AND TREKKERS BRING AND LEAVE BEHIND – THERE’S SOME

EDUCATION IN IT FOR ALL OF US42


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EVER SEEN PHOTOSYNTHESIS EXPLAINED ON A BOUNDARY WALL ?43


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VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIESA lot to be gained, for the remote

school, village, as well as the Volunteer

– An experience of a lifetime


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OUR LIBRARY PROGRAM – ENGAGING WITH THE LOCAL TEACHERS TO SETUP

THE LIBRARY45


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LIBRARY PROGRAM – STORY TELLING SESSIONS46


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INVOLVING THE STUDENTS TO SETUP THE LIBRARY47


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DISCOVER SCIENCE CONCEPTS – VOLUNTEERS EXPLAINING SIMPLE SCIENCE

CONCEPTS48


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EXPLAINING PRESSURE49


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EXPLAINING THE COMPOSITION OF WHITE LIGHT THROUGH THE COLOUR

WHEEL50


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FINDING LADAKH ON A GLOBE – A SOURCE OF IMMENSE EXCITEMENT FOR THE

CHILDREN51


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CREATIVE WORKSHOPS – TEACHING SIMPLE ART AND CRAFT SKILLS52


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LADAKH HAS 963 SCHOOLSLEH DISTRICT – 369

KARGIL DISTRICT - 594


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LEH DISTRICT – 17000 Ft HAS ALREADY REACHED OUT TO EVERY ONE OF THEM54


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OUR BOARDS – IN EVERY SCHOOL OF LEH DISTRICT, FROM ALTITUDES RANGING

FROM 9,000 FT. TO 15,000 FT!55

MapMySchool@17000ft


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A majority of the

schools are at altitudes

between 9000 ft. to

15000 ft.!

Only half the schools of

Leh District have a

student strength >20 !

Only 37% of the schools

have electricity, of

which a majority of

them are in Leh

Less than 30% of these

schools have school

furniture

MapMySchool@17000ft

( Some Interesting Facts )


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MAPMYSCHOOL.ORG

SO MUCH DATA – THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES

OUR SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES THE TREKKER

TO FIND SCHOOLS ON HIS ROUTE ANDCONTRIBUTE ALONG THE WAY


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JUST ONE OF THE FEW HUNDRED REMOTE SCHOOLS IN LADAKH

Incredibly remote, cut off from the rest of Ladakh for 6 months of a year. Takes a2 day trek to reach

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LOTS OF GROUND TO COVER963 SCHOOLS, 40,000 CHILDREN

THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES IF WEWORK TOGETHER

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