Transforming lives in the frontier villages of the Indian Himalayan Region

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The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) with a width of 250-300 km, stretches for over 2,500 km, constituting 11 states and 2 Union Territories. Around 5 Cr people reside in this region with 37% of children included. 45% of the districts share international borders and the region is home to hundreds of remote, isolated, inaccessible villages with peculiar challenges pertaining to:
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The terrain

High altitudes, extreme temperatures, harsh winters and mountainous terrain are the characteristics of this region. A long icy trek in the winters adds to the woes when children travel to their boarding schools post the winter break.

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Remoteness

The schools are so remote that the teachers have to stay away from their families to perform their duty. Frequent teacher training in the latest pedagogy and exposure experiences for the children is a big ask.

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Infrastructure

Many remote villages of the IHR are still off-grid and off-network preventing the children from getting access to the vast Digital resources available to the children in other parts of the country.

In spite of these challenges, the community extremely values education. Children as young as 3 years old stay away from their parents, in boarding schools in far away towns, for want of Quality Education near their homes. Eventually, the families are forced to migrate to the cities and towns to be with their children.

17000 ft Foundation was born to address this exodus of families from frontier mountain villages by facilitating Quality Education to the children near their homes even in the remotest hamlets of the IHR. The foundation believes that geography and distances should not be barriers for providing equal learning opportunities to the children of the IHR.

Presently, 17000ft has footprints in Ladakh and Sikkim and is working in 350+ remote schools to improve the quality of education in the Govt. Schools of the frontier villages and thus preserving the social fabric of these heritage villages.

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Impact


125000+
Children provided access to Quality Education near their homes in Ladakh and Sikkim
50%
Fall in dropout/migration in 17000ft adopted schools
30%
Average increase in enrollment in 17000ft adopted Govt. schools
Testimonials

"I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the DigiLab cum Library and Playground provided for the upliftment of our children. This will certainly help us in our enrollment drive as well."

- G.S.Regmi, Ganchung Junior High School, Sikkim, 2023

"The story books in Bhoti are very easy to understand for the children. 17000ft has been very thoughtful about all the things that they bring to the schools."

- Head Master, High School Hunder, Nubra, Leh district, 2021

"17000ft is doing concrete and visible work consistently in schools.."

- Shri Feroz Khan, Hon'able Chief Eexcutive Councillor, LAHDC, Kargil district, 2023

"17000 ft has not only changed Karkitchoo, but has changed the whole of the Ladakh Union Territory. Thanks to 17000ft, we, the Village Education Committee of Karkitchoo are now more united and come together for the development of our school."

- Javed Kaka, Village Education Committee Chairman, Karkitchoo, Kargil district, 2021

"After being away from home for my studies from nursery to Standard 5 for attending a private school, it feels so nice to be back home with my family. Our school has many facilities and even tablets to take home to study. My old school did not give us tablets."

- Student of Class 6, Middle School Laido, Leh District, 2021

Our Friends

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