Collaboration
If you’d like to
assist Ladakh communities, but are unable to volunteer in person,
please consider one of the following ways to become involved.
please consider one of the following ways to become involved.
1) Bring Ladakh into Your Classroom
- have your classroom or your child’s classroom do fundraising
activities for schools in Ladakh, for building libraries, or other
projects of your choice (see below)
activities for schools in Ladakh, for building libraries, or other
projects of your choice (see below)
- spread the word to other teachers, grads and undergrads,
potential volunteers
potential volunteers
- adopt a school
2) Sponsor a Student

Many parents do not have the financial resources to pay for their child’s education, notebooks or pencils, a backpack, or clothing. Many Ladakhis themselves sponsor other Ladakhi children when financially possible, so children have access to education.
You may sponsor
a child for an entire year by providing any of the following:
- $350 for a student's admission fee
- $250 for transportation, books, and additional
school fees
- $1000 for Full Scholarship (includes residential/
boarding school room and
board, medicine,
admission fee and additional school fees)
3) Fundraising/Donations
We know that few people are able to travel to this remote part of the world and commit a minimum of two months volunteer service, and understandably so. There are other ways you can become involved and support the educational and environmental efforts in Ladakh, and we are always interested in your ideas as well. By working together, your contributions will make significant and lasting results.
Projects Needing Your Support
Here are some of the many projects that you or your community fundraising efforts can support:
- provide school libraries in every school in Ladakh
- purchase art supplies so students may write and
illustrate books in their native language, referencing the local culture
illustrate books in their native language, referencing the local culture
- provide basic tools for making mane stones (stone carvings of the sacred Tibetan
texts) – this tradition is slowly dying
texts) – this tradition is slowly dying
- help to publish bilingual Ladakhi student authored stories to disperse to other local
schools, to affirm the life and values of the Ladakhi people
schools, to affirm the life and values of the Ladakhi people
- provide basic sports equipment (for volleyball, soccer, ice hockey – a major winter
sport in Ladakh, archery – a traditional Ladakhi sport)
sport in Ladakh, archery – a traditional Ladakhi sport)
- provide bundles of 100 saplings to be planted locally by students
- provide basic carpentry hand tools for students to learn the traditional intricate carving
techniques of Ladakhi carpenters
techniques of Ladakhi carpenters
- provide a solar hot water heater for each residential (monastic or otherwise) school (so
students can take warm bucket baths)
students can take warm bucket baths)
- build winter greenhouses at each residential or monastery school to increase access
to vegetables and improve nutrition
to vegetables and improve nutrition
- build nurseries to grow trees from seed
If you have other ideas of how you might become a part of our ongoing efforts, email us or use the Contact Form. We are always looking for new ways to connect and help.
info@volunteerladakh.org
All Volunteer Ladakh donations are used exclusively for projects.
Did you know that classrooms in Ladakh generally consist of a bare room with a rug on the floor, and a white board against the wall? No books, maps, posters, visual aids, no art classes or supplies, musical instruments, or sports equipment are presently available. Students and teachers sit on the floor. Students generally will have one notebook and one pencil. If lucky, a school might have a ball for playing volleyball or soccer. So, anything beyond these bare essentials must come from donors, like you. If there is something you would like to donate or assist in making available to the children of Ladakh, please contact us!
inaccessible
most of the year by road? Two roads enter Ladakh, one from the west and one
from the south. Both of these roads are closed nine months of the year, as they
must cross the high mountain passes of the Himalayas. This means, that from
September through the following June, the Ladakhi people are completely dependent
upon what they have produced and stored during the short, high-altitude growing
season. There are no trucks coming into the region with supplies for local
stores. During
the long winter months when roads over the passes are snowed in and closed,
what little moves into or out of Ladakh is only by air.
Recent Projects
Library Projects - Volunteer Ladakh is committed to insuring that every school, public, private, or monastic has a library. While several local and wonderful NGO’s have been incredibly successful in their efforts, there are still many schools without access to books. Together, with their help and yours, it is happening, one school at a time.
These are the results of our most recent
projects.
Likir Monastery School Library –
August 2013
Our first books, may not look like much, but we feel rich.. |
A variety of carpet pieces, books, and kids! |
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Shoes stay outside... |
Natural history... |
Life of the Buddha.. |
Free time, at the library... |
Animal posters, books to explore, and the world.. |
Sharing... |
Our world... |
Curious... |
Turning pages... |
Can you find mine? |
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