Making A Difference in Leh
Over the next few years, our primary focus will center on Leh, a remote town situated at 3,500m altitude amid mountainous terrain with a challenging transport network due to seasonal snow and unsurfaced roads. Our efforts revolve around five key areas:
- Collaborating with local school authorities, we engage volunteer renovation teams from around the world to enhance schools in the region.
- Implementing teaching-training programs to assist local educators in updating and improving their teaching methods.
- Reaching out to nomadic Ladakhi and Tibetan communities on the India-China border to enhance their educational programs, improve their quality of life, and preserve their nomadic culture.
- Aiding Nepali indentured servants in Ladakh to keep their families together and overcome economic challenges.
- Introducing e-learning programs, including modern electronic and digital equipment, to enhance the learning opportunities for children in remote areas.
If it were not for the care these children receive at the school in Leh, they would be neglected at the road construction tents or forced to engage in child labor.
Three Trips In 2025!
BTW is looking forward to what is ahead for the 2025 teams. Two teams are planned. The first team will be continuing to renovate the Cafe before it reopens in the Spring. We are looking for 6 people on this team March 15-29, 2025. The second team will be going into the Highlands to a small community, Dipling, June 14-26, 2025, to deliver much needed supplies and to minister to the people there.
PROJECT 1: March 15 – 29, 2025 (tentative)
The ongoing renovation of Café au Leh. A 4-6 member team is to do work on the kitchen floor, renovate the third floor lounge, painting and other tasks that need to be completed.
PROJECT 2: June 21 – July 5, 2025 (tentative)
Operation Dipling – A 6-member team is planned to visit the small community of Dipling to distribute clothing and our signature hats, provide educational materials for their school and teach an ESL Christian Values Education class.
PROJECT 3: June 21 – 30, 2025 (tentative)
This 4-member team will be visiting either Diggar or Puga for research and needs assessment for a future team trip. We will, of course, distribute our BTW signature hats.
“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who proclaims peace, who brings glad tidings of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, Your God Reigns.” Isaiah 52:7-8″
