Category: Emergency Photo galleries

Bollywood star Aamir Khan visited the school yesterday in the company of the school’s founder, His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa.  The school was the location of several scenes in ‘The 3 Idiots’ movie.

Aamir said, “All is not well.  But for the sake of humanity one should help others.  One should raise the morale of others.” He asked people to “reach out and help the people of Leh and Ladakh.”

Please visit Aamir to rebuild Rancho’s school in Leh on NDTV Movies website for a video clip of Aamir’s visit.

Please visit Aamir visits Rancho school in Leh on the NDTV Movies website for more photographs of Aamir’s visit.

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer and Will Embliss (KINSHIP).

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

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We are very grateful to the HCC (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd) for their rapid and solid support. They responded in August to a request and mobilised 55 staff on the Druk White Lotus School campus in Shey to help with the cleanup. The team includes labourers, electricians and plumbers.

Additional photographs will be added below to document HCC’s cleanup effort.

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer, Will Embliss (KINSHIP) and HCC (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd).

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

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The junior courtyard and, in particular, the ground floor of the junior block suffer the brunt of the mudslide. One of photographs below shows one of the junior classrooms, with waist height mud, just before HCC started the cleanup.

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer, Will Embliss (KINSHIP) and HCC.

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

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The junior courtyard

Rancho’s wall

Large amounts of mud and water flowed down the east side of the campus and inundated the courtyards. In this gallery, you can see how mud and water flowed between the latrines and the classrooms on the east side of the mandala and inundated the courtyards.

Damage caused by the mudslide to

• the administration courtyard can be seen on The Administration courtyard after the mudslide

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer and Will Embliss (KINSHIP).

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

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Some of the children have decided to join the clean up both their classrooms and residences.

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer and Will Embliss (KINSHIP).

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

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The school office, which is located in the same building as the staffroom and the principal’s office, was badly damaged by the mudslide. All electronic equipment needs to be replaced and the furniture could be beyond repair. For an overview of the damage caused by the mudslide to the school office and its courtyard please follow this link: The Administration Courtyard after the mudslide.

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer and Will Embliss (KINSHIP).

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

For a larger image please click on any of the thumbnail images below.

The staffroom, which is located in the same building as the school office and the principal’s office,  was flooded with mud that reached shoulder height as shown by the mark left by the mud just a few inches below the trusses. For an overview of the damage caused by the mudslide to the school office and its courtyard please follow this link: The Administration Courtyard after the mudslide.

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer and Will Embliss (KINSHIP).

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

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The residential children were evacuated to Shey Palace on nearby high ground during the early hours of Friday 6th August 2010 and are camping out every night there. In this gallery you can find photograhs of the residential children camping out in Shey Palace. They are sleeping on the floor with just blankets covering them and no mattresses.

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer and Will Embliss (KINSHIP).

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

For a larger image please click on any of the thumbnail images below.

The Administration courtyard suffered the brunt of the mudslide. As shown in one of the photographs below the mud reached the roof on the wall nearest to the school entrance, entered the Principal’s office, and completely flood it with mud that reached waist high level.

Images of the recent disaster are courtesy of: Anokhee Shah (Arup), Liew Juan Juan, Pankaj Bansal, Regina Ulwer and Will Embliss (KINSHIP).

Your help is urgently needed for the clean up and rebuilding work – Please donate whatever you can now  (How to Donate)

For a larger image please click on any of the thumbnail images below.

The Administration Courtyard

The Pricinpal’s office

The Staffroom