“Welcome to the Rangdum School!”
A school? In the middle of nowhere? At first glance, it looked like a chicken coop!
It is a school that, according to the statistics, shouldn’t exist. There is too much poverty and ignorance; too much isolation and hardship. Too much cold and snow; too little to eat; too many holes in shoes. And yet the enthusiasm and determination of its founder, Lama Tenzin, has conquered all with his love and stubbornness.

Since its birth in 2001, with our unceasing support, the school has proved to be a miracle.

Once private, it is now a state school. However, it is difficult to find teachers who are willing to move there due to its isolation and poverty.

But in a place where everything is difficult, the school is no exception. At Rangdum the locals speak Bhoti, the Ladakhi language related to Tibetan, but the textbooks are in English or Hindi, and the majority of the teachers speak Urdu (spoken in Kashmir) and not a word of Bhoti. Starting school is always a somewhat delicate and “traumatic” moment for everyone, but starting school without understanding even a word of three different languages is really too much! That’s why we immediately began to hire Ladakhi teachers who spoke Bhoti. Later, when the school became public, we managed to have two Ladakhi teachers assigned to the school (along with a third privately hired one) in addition to the two Kashmiri teachers. The children will also learn English and Hindi, but to preserve their local traditional culture, they will also learn Bhoti.