The school bus
Our bus brings 140 girls to school every day from Khaniyara, Gharoh, Kareri and Satobari. A girl who can get to school stays in school.
Dhauladhar Seva Trust· Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
Every girl in school, and a doctor within a day's walk.
Since 2014, in the villages above Dharamshala.
- girls ride our bus to school
- 140
- people seen at our health camps last year
- 1,240+
- girls in college on our scholarships
- 38
Our story
We began in 2014 with six girls from Khaniyara who had stopped going to school after class eight. Today our bus brings 140 girls to school from four villages above Dharamshala, and twice a year we take a team of doctors to the villages the road does not reach.
Our work in numbers
- girls ride our bus to school
- 140
- From four villages, every school day, in all weather.
- people seen at our health camps last year
- 1,240+
- Two camps, each three days, where the road does not reach.
- girls in college on our scholarships
- 38
- Fees, books and the bus fare to Dharamshala.
- years in the villages
- 11
- Since six girls from Khaniyara asked to go back to school.
What we do
Three programmes, one aim: that where a girl is born in these hills decides nothing about how far she goes.
Mountain health camps
Every April and October a team of doctors, nurses and a pharmacist walks to the villages above Kareri for three days. Medicines are free; serious cases are taken to the zonal hospital.
Scholarships for college
For a girl who finishes class twelve: her fees, her books and the fare to college in Dharamshala, for as long as she studies.
Give
Keep a girl on the bus for a year
₹6,000 keeps one girl on the school bus for a whole year. ₹1,500 pays for a day of a health camp's medicines. Every gift gets a receipt.
Updates
From the field
Scholarships open for 2026-27
Girls finishing class twelve this year can apply until 30 November.
The school bus reaches Gharoh
From this term the bus goes on to Gharoh, and 22 more girls ride to school.
October health camp: 412 people seen
Four doctors, two nurses and a pharmacist spent three days above Kareri.
A look around
In pictures
Who we are
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Dr. Meera Katoch
Managing trustee
Since 2014
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Rajinder Singh Thakur
Treasurer
Since 2016
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Sunita Rana
Secretary
Since 2019
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Tenzin Dolma
Trustee, health camps
Since 2021
Transparency
Our papers, open to all
Our accounts are audited every year. Anyone may read them.
Join us
Give your time
The health camps need doctors, nurses, a pharmacist and two drivers every April and October. The school bus needs a relief driver in winter.
Find us
Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh
Contact
Write to us
We usually reply within a few hours. Message us on WhatsApp.