School children outside the village school in Thakani, pre-2015 earthquakeWith a focus on the continued education of promising young women from Thakani, where girl trafficking has been a pervasive problem, the aim is to offer alternative choices that may provide some of Nepal’s poorest girls and their families with a better chance at a happy and healthy future. When the snow melts, it makes the fresh water that many people depend on. Working with community to build a better future through education Everest, meaning Goddess Mother of the World.
Our early years programme focuses on providing the first steps toward a quality education.
"For more information on co-curricular activities and Leadership at Ellesmere College, please visit: Himalayan Trust Nepal successfully completed the Rebuilding of 70 earthquake resistant classrooms in 15 schools, repairing six classrooms in two schools, construction of WASH in two schools and a compound wall at Khumjung school in the Solukhumbu district within the allocated time frame.
Two Ellesmere College students spent their summer supporting a charity project in India building classrooms as part of a team of international volunteers.Alex Selby and Sarala Chatterjee, current Year 13 students, travelled to the Lamdon Model School in Ladakh, Kashmir, Northern India, where they volunteered for a service project as well as completing a five-day trekking expedition across the Ladakh Himalayas where they twice reached the dizzying heights of 5000m - higher than Mont Blanc!Hosted by The Scindia School, a progressive boarding school for boys in Gwalior, India, for the fourth year running, the project invites volunteers from other prominent schools across India plus one UK school - Ellesmere College - to support the Lamdon Model School with the building of additional facilities to expand the school's infrastructure. Sarala added, "I really appreciated the opportunity to be able to meet people from many different countries and the wonderful people of Ladakh. This spectacle is home to renowned Mt. The Himalayan School Project is a small, independent non-profit organization that supports the education of children from the remote Nepalese village of Thakani. Each year, approximately 35 students and adults volunteer to help the project; two dormitories have already been built as a result of Scindia's dedicated efforts.After arriving in Delhi at 4am, Alex and Sarala met up with the rest of the project group to catch a flight to Leh (the capital of Ladakh), during which they had unrivalled views over the Himalayan mountain range.The volunteers then spent a couple of days in Leh acclimatising to the high altitude, where both Alex and Sarala found the conditions challenging to start with - finding it harder to breathe and feeling tired very quickly.They then set off to the small town of Thiksay in order to participate in the first part of the trip - the service project. To improve the quality of early years education in Nepal, we create stimulating learning environments, run by trained and enthusiastic teachers. "Following the completion of the project at the school, the team then embarked on their challenging five day trek through the Himalaya's accompanied by team members from The Scindia School where they encountered stunning scenery and wildlife - including some curious mountain goats!After successfully completing the challenge, Alex said, "I felt a huge sense of satisfaction having completed both the service project and the trek and it has been a really enjoyable and memorable experience."
Working with the leaders of the village, as well as local community, church and school organizations in Canada and the U.S., it raises funds for the expansion and ongoing operational expenses of the village school. Sarala said, "It was really hard work but very rewarding as we could see the difference we were making to the lives of both the school pupils and teachers here. The Himalayas, meaning Abode of Snow, gained their name from the ancient Indian language Sanskrit.
Hosted by The Scindia School, a progressive boarding school for boys in Gwalior, India, for the fourth year running, the project invites volunteers from other prominent schools across India plus one UK school - Ellesmere College - to support the Lamdon Model School with the building of additional facilities to expand the school's infrastructure. To this end, the Himalayan School Project has been fully sponsoring the education of one village girl for the past 15 years.
Thus change happens: one girl, one school, one village, one shared community at a time. The following businesses will resume operations • Hotels and accommodation facilities An efficient report on the Himalayas for kids requires gaining … The group assisted in the construction of three classrooms where they built walls and fetched bamboo (culturally known as 'taalu') from a nearby farm, and even mixed mud with water in order to create Ladakhi cement!