Prasad said “The school has recommenced in a phased-wise manner.  With the grace and blessings of His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa, and the efforts of all, the school will soon be fully operational.” 

The lead class, M8, recommenced on Thursday 12th August, and classes M6 and M7 are due to restart on Monday 16th August. 
A volunteer has returned from Ladakh to London with many photographs showing the extent of the damage at the school.  We are in the process of uploading a selection of images to this website.

We are very grateful to the HCC (Hindustan Construction Company Ltd) for their rapid and solid support.  They responded last Wednesday to a request and today mobilised 55 staff on the Druk White Lotus School campus in Shey to help with the clear-up.  The team includes labourers, electricians and plumbers.  They aim to provide a JCB digger and tipper trucks from Monday to help remove the mud from the site - see HCC

The Resident Engineer, Anokhee Shah, is on site and with the support of colleagues in the London-based Arup Design Team will be starting a damage assessment of the buildings and infrastructure, and a risk assessment.  The risk assessment will guide the design and implementation of preventive measures to minimise injury and damage in the event of any future flooding or mudslides. Please follow this link Disaster relief for Ladakh school for Arup's official news release.