This home and school for 120 very poor boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 13 is finally nearing completion. Working in partnership with Shramik Vikas Sansthan, a Vadodra based Trust, and through the generosity of TFWA Care, a wonderful new home and school have been built far beyond the dreams of the children who, until now, have been living in appalling conditions. It will be opened by the President of TFWA, Erik Juul-Mortensen, on 2 December 2012.

The first phase of this education complex will be completed before the winter sets in and opened in the early spring. Already children who will attend this school and home are being housed around other similar facilities. This building will be officially opened in August 2013. It will have a major impact on the education of children who live in some of the remotest and desolate areas of the Himalayas. Many more children will be accommodated as the year progresses. The Lotus Flower Trust is actively fundraising for the final phase of this project.

This construction, built in traditional Ladakhi / Tibetan style using all locally made materials, will be completed for its opening in August 2013. Its solid mud walls and floors, designed to keep the warmth in, will provide a school for 200 students of English throughout the year even in the very cold weather of the winter. There is much interest in the educational courses that will be made available to the students; courses which will contribute significantly to improving the spoken English of communities in the remote Himalayan area of Ladakh.

Sadly, due to dreadful monsoon rains and political turmoil in the region, this project has been slow to get off the ground. As everything settles down though, the building work can commence once again. Originally both a home and school were to be built but due to recent positive developments in the area close to the site where new schools have been constructed, the Lotus Flower Trust will be able to reduce its planned investment into this project. Once complete this new home will change the lives of the children from the slum dramatically.