Founded: 1988
Geographical Focus: Ladakh
Organization Overview:
The organization was started as a relief campaign by Save the Children (STC) during the 1978 flash floods in the Indus Valley. After LNP was formally registered in 1988, STC fully handed over the organization to the local community, and LNP continued working on different issues in the area. Currently, the organization is led by Chotak Gyatso, who belongs to one of the tribal groups in Leh, where LNP ran a nutrition program in the 80s. Since its inception, its focus on building the capacity of the members of the community with the objective of building sustainable solutions has been high, and it undertakes this approach across all projects and interventions.