The Lille Fro Foundation makes it possible for children from one of the remotest regions on the planet go to school, take advantage of work opportunities and break free from the cycle of inter-generational poverty.
Our programs are located in the remote region of Ladakh, northern India, in the shadow of the spectacular Himalayas, where isolated, high-altitude villages have few functioning schools. Most families are from nomadic indigenous groups. They live in extreme poverty with hunger and malnutrition a constant challenge. Getting them the right support is a big challenge because of their geographical isolation and the conditions in which they live.
Since 2008, Lille Fro has sponsored schooling for children from these far-flung communities by paying for them to board in a nurturing environment at hostels and attend regular day schools in the summer capital of Leh and other towns across Ladakh.
But for children from the beautiful Zanskar Valley, even that assistance is not enough. During the harsh winters, their villages are completely cut off from the outside world for more than six months each year when the Chadar river freezes over. Trekking along its treacherous, iced surface is the only way to get in and out of the remote valley. Every year, children, some as young as four years, embark on this journey. One of the world’s most dangerous walks to school.
Lille Fro is collaborating with the local community in Zanskar’s capital Padum, to build Little Seeds House, a boarding house for children from villages in the region. The goal is to accommodate these students so they can attend schools closer to home instead of taking the long, risky walk every year along the frozen Chadar river to Leh.
Lille Fro works in some of the remotest places on the planet. Specialising in helping kids living in extreme poverty get an education they may otherwise miss out on.
Little Seeds is a community education program based around anti-poverty targets providing educational pathways to disadvantaged children from remote communities.
Our focus is on reaching the furthest behind first.
By bridging the gap and providing everything needed for children to get to school and have a meaningful education, Lille Fro is providing relief for families burdened by illiteracy and extreme poverty.
We have seen with our own eyes, the cycle of generational poverty breaking down and opportunities for social mobility opening up for many of our supported families.
To date, we have supported over 150 children in their primary, secondary and tertiary education with our focusing being to create leaders in their own communities who can in turn, inspire future generations.
Lille Fro Foundation is an Australian charity focused on the high-quality service delivery of fundamental human rights.
Since 2008, our projects have touched the lives of thousands.
While the centrepiece of our work is providing access to education, our services soon ballooned to include disaster relief and other basic human rights when it soon became clear education alone was not much help if children were too malnourished to hold a pen and had nowhere to live.
In addition to education, our impact extends to include:
