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a tiny school with 6 students,
one teacher and no blackboard was the
spark that ignited the remarkable journey of
17000 ſt Foundation, an organization that
has dedicated itself to improving the access
to and quality of education for children in
the Indian Himalayas. 17000 ſt believes that
if local government schools can provide a
high standard of learning, infrastructure
and facilities, the migration of children and
families to other areas will considerably
reduce. is will increase the working
hands in villages and also give children
an education based in their own context,
language and culture.
17000 ſt enhances physical infrastructure
and learning resources of schools, like
Children’s Parks, digital learning labs,
libraries, outdoor lighting, vibrant
classrooms and furniture etc. It also brings
improvement in learning through its
excellent Blended Learning Programme
DigiLab, with visual and interactive content
and individualized learning platforms
to enrich traditional teaching methods.
An Active Reading Programme, a School
Readiness Programme for anganwadi
workers and pre-primary teachers, capacity
17000 ft
Foundation
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Laying the foundations of high quality learning in high
altitude schools
Founded by Sandeep Sahu, Sujata Sahu
and Sonam Dawa in 2012
17000 ft Foundation addresses the
exodus of families from frontier
villages in the Indian Himalayan
Region (IHR) by facilitating quality
elementary education for children in
local schools. It strives to transform
these communities into self-
sustaining, resilient and thriving
ones, by improving the government
school education system, and
generating opportunities for income
and exposure. Envisioning a world
where geography and distances
create no barriers to opportunity and
growth for all children, 17000 ft has
programmes in Ladakh and Sikkim
directly impacting over 350 remote
schools, and now scaled to all the
schools of Ladakh.