Himalaya Winter Rescue

Dear friends of Zanskar

Wow, already 83% of the crowdfunding objective reached and 66 days left ! Dear friends of Zanskar thank you so much for your generosity !

As promised we have some news from Zanskar:

Yeshi had a long meeting with all the rescue candidates. They are very much looking forward and are highly motivated. In autumn the rescue team candidates will make a big campaign in the valley to raise awareness about the new Zanskar Rescue Team.
We got the permission from the Block Medical Officer of Zanskar that we can use the government dispensary (Medical Aid Centre) in Tungri. The local Tibetan doctor, Amchi Dorjay who is also one of our rescue team candidates will get a separate room in the medical aid centre to practice Tibetan medicine when he has time.
Soon the rescue staff will go to the mountain with the Amchi Dorjay to pick medicine plants and make the medicine ready for winter. The Amchi Dorjay will play an important role in our project since he is highly respected in Zanskar valley.
We are glad that we can offer both, an allopathic and traditional medical service through our Rescue Team.

And now more about the Rescue Team Candidates:

Technical Rescue Team Candidates
1. Padma Sonam, male, 32 years old farmer and driver. He has good leadership skills and is very active.
2. Thuckjay Angchuk, male 38 years old, farmer and carpenter. He has a calm character and good practical skills.
3. Thuckjay Tundup, male 39 years old, farmer. He is a strong man and taking care of everybody.
4. Stanzin Phunchok, male, 35 years, farmer and driver. He is very active person and has good mechanic skills (which will be useful in future when the Rescue Team will maybe be motorised)

Medical Rescue Team Candidates
1.Tashi Dorjay, male, 45 years old, traditional Tibetan doctor (amchi). He is a famous and highly respected amchi in the valley and fighting a lot for keeping the traditional medicine alive.
2. Stanzin Dolma, female, 25 years, nurse student. She is a brave and strong young women who does not feel afraid to do hard work or raise awareness!
3. Pema Lamo, female 27 years old, nurse. She is getting married this summer to a man from Tungri and will then shift to Tungri. It’s one of the rare love marriages in Zanskar ! We are happy that thanks to this love we could find a nurse for our project.
4. Stanzin Naskit, female 27 nurse. Up to now she worked as a farmer in Tungri. She has a calm character and is famous for her strength.

For the technical team who will train the Zanskar Rescue Team we are glad that Andreas Ferrazzini, a young Swiss carpenter, excellent alpinist who will soon start his training as mountain guide will join us in this adventure! More details in the next newsletter.

Thank you very much!
Merci. Danke viel mol.
Many Jullay!

P.S. Zanskari rarely smile on pictures but a lot in real!