Mulgrave School Challenge, discovery & service in Ladakh June 28 > July 16, 2017 Mulgrave School - Adventure in Ladakh 2017 Arrival and Indus Valley Exploration ➢ June 28 Fly from Vancouver 11.30 am> Arrive Toronto 7.00 pm > Depart for Delhi 10.55pm ➢ June 29 Delhi Overnight. Arrive Delhi 10.25pm. Collect Medical Cargo. Wait for early morning flight to Leh ➢ June 30 Depart Delhi 5.40 am – Arrive Leh 7.05 amTransport to Stok Highland. Lunch, dinner / R & R at Stok Highland Hotel ➢ July 02 Leh / Lamdon in morning. Lunch at School. Afternoon exploration of Shey & Thiksey with Lama Palden ➢ July 03 Meditation classes & Medical Service Projects ➢ July 04 Meditation & Medical Service Projects ➢ July 05 Stok village hike. Tent set-up and assignments. Final trek preparations Indus > Matho Valley Trek ➢ July 06 Begin Matho Valley trek. Camp above Stok village ➢ July 07 Trek to Stok Kang Ri La Basecamp ➢ July 08 Full day in Stok Kang Ri La Basecamp ➢ July 09 Trek over Matho La. Camp in lower meadow ➢ July 10 Explore Matho Valley ➢ July 11 Trek to Shang Ri la pass ➢ July 12 Cross pass. Camp near Shang monastery ➢ July 13 Trek to Shang Sumdo. Finish trek > transfer back to Stok Free day and return to Vancouver ➢ July 14 Free day ➢ July 15 Fly Leh 8.20 am to Delhi. Day in Delhi. Depart Midnight to Toronto ➢ July 16 Arrive Toronto 5.00am Depart for Vancouver 06.30 am Arrive Vancouver 08.35 am Video Footage • The Song Collector Erik Koto • https://Clps from Leh and Ladakh • https://Clips from Leh and Ladakh Where is Ladakh? Ladakh Singapore > New Delhi ➢ Ladakh is an extremely remote region of India situated on the north side of the great Himalayan mountain range on the vast Tibetan Plateau. You first fly to the capital city of New Delhi. ➢ The only way into Ladakh is by a spectacular one hour flight that lifts one out of the urban intensity of New Delhi and over a virtual sea of snow-capped Himalayan peaks before landing at the ancient city of Leh in the Indus River Valley. Flight over the Himalayas to Ladakh Our traditional guesthouse in the village of Stok. To the right is the Royal Palace. To the left looms the 6,000m peak of Stok Kang Ri. History and the Himalayas at our doorstep After exploring our “home” village of Stok, we will have the opportunity to explore the capital city of Leh as well as two of the many Buddhist monasteries in the Indus Valley. Lamdon School & Kristin Leh is the location of the Himalayan “Sister School” of Kristin School On the second day in Ladakh, the Kristin group will first hike up to the location of the Royal Palace for a stunning panoramic view of Leh and the Indus Valley. We will then hike down to the location of Lamdon School where the Kristin School students will be honored guests at the morning assembly. The principal, Mr Eshey Tundup, will present each student with a traditional silk scarf as a ritual of respect and gratitude in front of the 2,500 students of his school The impressive accomplishments of Lamdon School is surpassed only by the magnificence of it’s setting The group will then explore the ancient royal palace and monastery at nearby Shey village Thiksey Monastery m ➢ One of the most impressive monastery complexes in Ladakh is just 25km from Stok. ➢ The huge hilltop structure of Thiksey at one time had over 1,000 monks in residence. The “Chamba” statue at Thiksey Monastery ➢ The 12m high jewel encrusted statue of the “Chamba” or messianic Buddha at Thiksey Monastery is justifiably famous as one of the most beautiful enormous works of religious art in the world. ➢ We are fortunate to have a respected Buddhist monk scholar as your source of insight to the vast history and culture of Ladakh. ➢ Lama Palden is a long time friend and will be lending his invaluable knowledge, fluent english language skills and delightful personality to enrich the experience of exploring the cultural treasures of Ladakh. He will accompany the group to all the monasteries to explain the rituals, history and cultural significance of each destination Himalayan Health Project Without the invaluable logistical support from International Ladakh expedition groups, the progress made by the Himalayan Health Project would not be possible Dental / Medical Expeditions to Ladakh ☯ Since the first medical teams arrived in 2007, the Himalayan Dental/ Medical Project has grown to be a major source of basic health care for 1,000s of Ladakhi men, women and children living in some of the most remote and isolated locations on earth ☯ For the past nine years international teams of dentists, doctors, gynecologists, optical surgeons and dermatologists have come to Ladakh to bring a wide range of treatments to over 22,000 patients living in some of the most remote locations on earth ☯ We have now built a modern, efficient dental/vision clinic on the campus of Lamdon School in Leh to carry on the work year round rather than depend on temporary venues Volunteer dentists, ophthalmologists and woman health care specialists from around the world will be able to work together with our full time nurse, dentist and optometry team to provide world class dentistry and vision care free of charge for the entire Ladakh community Technology & Tradition ! 26 major medical expeditions have taken place over the past nine years – many of them in some of the most remote areas of the Himalayas where no sophisticated medical care was available. ! Dr Marcus Ang and his team of 18 skilled ophthalmologists and optometrists used an impressive array of diagnostic equipment to examine over 2,500 patients for a wide range of eye conditions and injuries during a camp we held in the remote Nubra Valley in 2015 Fully operational vision clinic $ Teams of ophthalmologists can treat patients in the multi-station vision clinic upstairs after screening hundreds of patients in our open ward area on the second floor of the complex. $ In August 2015, we hosted a major team of vision specialists from The Singapore National Eye Center. $ They examined and treated over 1,500 locals in only 6 days $ 370 prescription eyeglasses were measured for, fabricated and distributed free of charge $ Over 800 reading and sun glasses were distributed. $ 18 people had successful cataract surgery performed ! Perhaps the most cost effective and dramatic success of The Himalayan Vision Project is the wide scale examination of patients for prescription eyeglasses and simple reading glasses. ! These relatively simple interventions dramatically improved or restore functional vision to hundreds of villagers who have attended the camps . An alliance for the future $ The Himalayan Vision Project has created an alliance with the prestigious LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, India. The advantages of this alliance are enormious: $ We have sent 3 local Ladakhi students to their Optometry School for training and they have returned to staff our vision clinic starting in August, 2015. $ LVPEI will send regular teams of Ophthalmologists to Leh to screen and treat patients for all over the Indus River Valley $ Our more serious cases will have priority for surgical treatment at the main hospital complex in Hyderabad. Vision equipment $ State of the art vision diagnostic and treatment equipment was purchased in Singapore and then transported to and assembled in our new vision clinic Mutually beneficial community service In 2016, the student group from Kristin School will actively participate in two very important projects for The Himalayan Health Project Some students will be assisting our dentists and helping to screen and treat patients for a wide variety of oral health care problems. They will also be conducting wide scale education classes for the younger students of Lamdon and other local schools in the importance of proper and regular brushing Other teams of Kristin students will be distributing UV protection sunglasses to hundreds of the students after explaining to them clearly how important it was to protect their eyes from the harsh sunlight of the high Himalayas Kristin students will also work together with teams of Ophthalmologists from The LV Prasad Eye Institute to conduct vision health care camps in remote villages and monasteries in the Indus River Valley Training to help the doctors $ Kristin students will receive training in accurate measurement for prescription and reading glasses and help with the on-going screening and distribution efforts to provide these valuable assets out of the Lamdon clinic, in villages away from Leh or while on the trek $ They will also receive training instruction from our dental team so that they can actively participate in oral health training sessions at local schools in the Indus Valley Dental Clinic The Lamdon Dental Clinic is now fully equipped and functional We have four autonomous dental chairs where virtually any dental or oral surgery procedure can be performed with the aid of portable radiology technology and a full array of world class equipment The primary dental station is staffed by our new full time dentist Dr Marie Nordstrom of Sweden as well as our resident dental technician Ms Yangchan Dolma When larger teams of dental volunteers are working, we can set up all four chairs and provide treatments for hundreds of people a day Women’s Health Care Breakthrough ☯ Historic breakthroughs have been achieved by the multi-national gynecological teams that have traveled to Ladakh over the past six years ☯ In 2009 when the first women’s health care team came to Ladakh only 18 women attended the camp. ☯ In 2010 that number grew to 300 ☯ After an entire year of village-to-village women’s health care education efforts, over 2,000 local women attended the 2011 camp ☯ During the 2012 camp the international team of five gynecologists screened over 500 women from some of the most remote areas in Ladakh.