March 19, 2022
Deepak Karki is a man with many hats. Writing for online media, playing music, crafting poems, making videos about village life in the Himalayas are some […]
January 6, 2022
Greetings from Himalayan Education Foundation (HEF)! With the aim of building healthy and resilient communities in the hills, HEF partners with Himalayan Naari, a women’s self-help group […]
November 1, 2021
Our planet is facing a climate emergency and an unprecedented environmental crisis — which pose great risks to our wild places, native species, and our own […]
October 2, 2021
Himalayan Education Foundation (HEF) works closely with Himalaya Inter College (HIC), Chaukori, in its aim to build and strengthen rural communities. For more than a decade, […]
August 24, 2021
Prelude: The story so far… 20 years ago in the pre-internet era, very few intrepid travelers knew about Chaukori, a sleepy hamlet in […]
July 13, 2021
My name is Diwan Singh Mahara and I am 42 years old. I was born and brought up in a village called Udiyari, some 5 km […]
HIC Alumni
January 10, 2023
Laxika Bisht is a student of Himalaya Inter College (HIC), currently pursuing Intermediate education. She received first prize at the state level science fair for her […]
November 20, 2022
Himalayan mountains and valleys have been a home for millions of people who depend on agriculture and rearing livestock as sources of subsistence. With the steady […]
November 20, 2022
Esha Mehta is an alumnus of Himalayan Inter College Chaukori (HIC) and a native of Berinag, a small nearby town. Daughter of an ex-Army veteran, she […]
July 21, 2022
Kamal was born and brought up in Dudila, a small village near Chaukori. As a recipient of a scholarship from the Himalayan Education Foundation, he completed […]
July 21, 2022
Himalayan Education Foundation (HEF) encourages girls in the rural Himalayan communities to aspire to higher professional goals. HEF has been providing scholarships for promising girl students […]
May 2, 2022
Sony Thakuni is a native of Munsiari, a remote frontier town near the Indo-Tibetan border in Kumaon. Overlooking Panchachuli snow peaks in the greater Himalaya and […]