‘Jungwa’ in Ladakhi, represents the five elements of fire, earth, air, water and space coming together in harmony to manifest the natural world. Jungwa Foundation believes in this inter-connected worldview and promotes nature and culture conservation for the well-being of communities and the ecosystems they inhabit.
JUNGWA
What We Do
Jungwa Foundation works with custodians and local communities in the trans Himalayan region of Ladakh to conserve and safeguard cultural and natural heritage, promote sustainable livelihoods and support intergenerational transfer of cultural practices and traditional knowledge.
Heritage Conservation
Our work focusses on researching and documenting intangible cultural heritage, material culture and built heritage, traditional knowledge and oral histories based on which we develop our conservation approaches. We aim to merge traditional knowledge and community narratives with field documentation to create a multi dimensional understanding of cultural and natural heritage.
Sustainable Livelihoods
The livelihoods program secures nature and culture based income generating opportunities for women and youth by linking community wellbeing directly with their cultural and natural roots.
Heritage Education
The education program works on bringing indigenous traditions of story telling, ecological knowledge and skills to younger generations through a range of activities and outreach projects.
Our Approach
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Listen
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Learn
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Co Create
We work in partnership with communities combining the wealth of traditional knowledge with global conservation practices for the common goal of protection of landscapes and the cultures they sustain. This understanding underlines all our actions and strategies that are tailor-made to learn, listen, and co-create our programs. We consciously inculcate a philosophy that creates the necessary buffers, provides linkages, expertise and networks for indigenous communities to enable effective management of their cultural and natural heritage as part of a larger web of life.
We work in partnership with communities combining the wealth of their traditional knowledge with global conservation practices for the common goal of protection of landscapes and the cultures they sustain. This understanding underlines all our actions and strategies that are tailor-made to learn, listen, and co-create our programs. We consciously inculcate a philosophy that creates the necessary buffers, provides linkages, expertise and networks for indigenous communities to enable effective management of their cultural and natural heritage as part of a larger web of life.
We work in partnership with communities combining the wealth of their traditional knowledge with global conservation practices for the common goal of protection of landscapes and the cultures they sustain. This understanding underlines all our actions and strategies that are tailor-made to learn, listen, and co-create our programs. We consciously inculcate a philosophy that creates the necessary buffers, provides linkages, expertise and networks for indigenous communities to enable effective management of their cultural and natural heritage as part of a larger web of life.