Amrita-Seattle is starting a free residential eco-hostel and tutorial center in Leh-Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir for disadvantaged young girls ages (6 – 16 yrs) coming from remote nomadic regions of the Himalayas. Our target students hail from the two most remote regions of Ladakh: Zanskar Valley and Changthang (aka Tibetan High Plateau). Family background of these students ranges from nomadic to simple subsistence farming with little to no educational history in the family.

Our goal is to break the cycle of illiteracy, poverty, and potential child labor through education.

This will be achieved by:

• Building and maintaining a residential eco-hostel in Leh to provide a safe home and continue education
• Enrolling students in reputed private schools in Leh and provide close academic guidance and tutoring
• Reinforce Ladakhi core values that will allow students to be self-reliant for food and energy