Project

Edu­ca­ti­on for adults in Lad­akh, Himalaya
It is an aid pro­ject set up on a pri­va­te basis and allows edu­ca­ti­on for adults, as well as schoo­ling during the win­ter months for stu­dents and children.
Sin­ce the ope­ning of the tou­rism in the year 1974, peo­p­le are in front of the ever-incre­asing chall­enge to inte­gra­te the moder­niza­ti­on in their cul­tu­re. It is an objec­ti­ve and desi­re of the vil­la­ge popu­la­ti­on, in addi­ti­on to gene­ral edu­ca­ti­on, to pre­ser­ve the anci­ent Lad­akhi tradition.

Phi­lo­so­phy and objectives
The „Edu­ca­ti­on for adults in Lad­akh, Hima­la­ya” pro­ject con­siders it important that the vil­la­ge inha­bi­tants sup­port it. With their “Felt Flowers” pro­ject, the women of the vil­la­ge pro­vi­de a finan­cial contribution.

The vil­la­gers assist in fur­nis­hing the school room. Clo­se coope­ra­ti­on with the local „Women’s Alli­ance of Lad­akh” and the „LEDeg” (Lad­akh Eco­lo­gi­cal Deve­lo­p­ment) orga­niza­ti­ons is being pur­sued. This coope­ra­ti­on is aimed at pro­vi­ding the basic struc­tures for the free and wide-rea­ching deve­lo­p­ment of indi­vi­du­al per­so­na­li­ties in their social and cul­tu­ral environments.

Per­so­nal­ly

I am enga­ged in this very pro­mi­sing edu­ca­tio­nal pro­ject in Lad­akh becau­se I am impres­sed by this anci­ent, tra­di­tio­nal cul­tu­re. I am very plea­sed to put the pos­si­bi­li­ties for pro­vi­ding sup­port which we have here at the project’s disposal.

I place con­sidera­ble value on the regu­lar exch­an­ge of infor­ma­ti­on with the pro­ject manage­ment. Once a year I go to India for seve­ral weeks in order to obtain an impres­si­on of the actu­al situa­ti­on on site and to main­tain per­so­nal contact.

The mea­ning of Lungta
Lung­ta means „wind­hor­se“ and it has it’s ori­g­ins in the Tibe­tan-bud­dhi­stic cul­tu­ral regi­on. The „wind­hor­se“ is usual­ly prin­ted on flags with pray­ers which are made of fabric. All bud­dhi­stic Hima­la­yan regi­ons are fami­li­ar with them. Bright and colourful, the­se pray­er flags sway gent­ly in the wind for the bene­fit oder „good“ of all humans all over the world. The­se Tibe­tan pray­er flags are omni­pre­sent in the regi­on inclu­ding Lad­akh. The peo­p­le of Lad­akh call them „Dar-Chok“. Dar mea­ning „to increase life, hap­pi­ness, health and pro­spe­ri­ty“ and Chok stands for „all living organisms“.

In con­text, Lung­ta real­ly refers to the cul­tu­ral ele­ments in the Lad­akhi regi­on. The pro­ject „Adult edu­ca­ti­on“ aims at main­tai­ning the lively but anci­ent Lad­akhi cul­tu­re in our ever-chan­ging high­ly moder­ni­zed life.

 

local team

	Lob­zang Rinchen on-site pro­ject leader works in the Kalth­se and Leh administration
	Stanz­in Mingyur is enga­ged in schoo­ling in the vil­la­ge and lives with his fami­liy in Youlchung
	Sonam Dol­ma mana­ges working materials
	Sonam Dol­ma und Stanz­in Jangdol cas­hier
	Dis­ket Dolma vil­la­ge spea­k­er and cont­act per­son for Lobzang