Mountains in Spiti
Photo from Progress Report 'A further 87 supplementary schools in the Himalayas'
Girl in Rogi village, Kinnaur
Photo from Progress Report 'A further 87 supplementary schools in the Himalayas'
Trucks in the High Himalaya
The area is extremely isolated, dependent on trucks for transport but the roads are closed for up to 6 months of the year and are very rough and needing constant repair during the remainder of the year.
A woman with a traditional text
Part of the project is to enable literacy amongst the indigenous people so that they can read their own sacred texts in their Bhoti language (a dialect of Tibetan) and thus perpetuate their own distinctive culture.
Women in traditional dress in Spiti, Himachal Prad