Himalayan Initiatives
Tibet Bhutan Nepal India and Pakistan
བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས། तिमीलाई कस्तो छ སྐུ་གཟུགས་བཟང་པོ་ལགས། क्या हाल है تم کیسی ہو
Himalayas
The Himalayas form a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan ranges have many of the earth’s highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. The mountain ranges run west-northwest to east-southeast in an arc 2,400 kilometres long, it includes the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush and many other sub-ranges.
The Himalayas have a profound effect on the climate of the region, helping to keep the monsoon rains on the Indian plain and limiting rainfall on the Tibetan plateau. Some of the world’s major rivers; the Indus, the Sutlej, the Ganges and the Yurlong Tsangpo rivers. They rise in the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to roughly 600 million people in South Asia.
Himalayan People
The Himalayas are inhabited by 52.7 million people and are spread across five countries: Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, India and Pakistan. The Himalayan people belong to five major distinct cultural groups; Buddhist, Bon, Hindu, Islamic and Animist, which throughout history have systematically penetrated the isolated indigenous Himalayan population and have created here their own individual and unique place in this area.
The people of Himalayas live in one of the harshest environments and have the least access to modern facilities including the education. The Himalayan people comprise the largest number of youths and have the highest level of the working population. However, the education and working opportunity limit their venture to be successful and uplift the standard of their society. Thus, giving education and opportunity to the people of Himalayas would not only improve the lives of 52 million people but also preserve/ protect some of the most important cultures of humanity.
Initiative
Initiative is nothing but to facilitate or support for acquiring knowledge, awareness, skills, values, habits and beliefs and also create the opportunity for schooling, business, travel and leadership. For the people of Himalayas, the drive of “initiative” should come not only from the outside but also from within their own societies. The capable individuals have to initiate the people and lead them toward prosperity and harmony.
Uplifting the standard of Himalayan societies improves the lives of these indigenous and culturally rich people. At the same time, this initiative profoundly protects the fragile eco-system of the Himalayas and its great mountains and rivers. Thus, Himalayan Initiative encourage and request everyone joining, hand in hand, to work together for a better future.
