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Moravian Mission School (MMS) is located in Ladakh. Ley is in the Ladakh region, a very remote part of India, high in the Himalayan Mountains. Lakdakh is situated in the northern most point of India and is part of Jammu and Kashmir State. The region is bordered by China in the east and Pakistan in the North and Northwest. It is the most remote region in the country where access during the year is closed for 6-7 months.
Moravian Mission School, recognizing the needs of the children for a good education, take into their school the most needy children from the most remote villages of Ladakh. These under fed and deprived children are admitted on a priority basis with many of them being granted full or a substantial merit scholarship. The villages from where these students come are as far away as 30 to 150 miles. Most of the children come from an agricultural background, which does not provide much; the families barely survive.
In most cases, the children, some as young as 10, rent a room in the outskirts of Leh town, where they travel daily to school all by themselves. Besides this, they do all the household work from fetching water in cans from a public tap, cooking, washing and then taking time out to study. In winter, this hardship increases tenfold with extra arrangements done for keeping the room warm for 5 months (December – April). These kids lead a tough life but to them it’s worth it. They’re desire for education and a future motivates them to make such sacrifices.
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