ACTIVITIES

After different monuments had been surveyed in 1998 and 1999, the Achi Association team since 2000 carries out site work on various structures in the villages Kanji and Wanla in lower Ladakh.

Some investigation work has also been executed on a historic building in the village Skurbuchen, also in lower Ladakh, and in a small temple in the village Phyang near the capital Leh. Since 1998 the temple’s conservation state has been monitored.
One of the main goals of the Achi Association is the training of craftspeople and caretakers of the historic structures. Additionally, in 2010 a three-year ‘Pilot Youth Training Program’ could be launched thanks to the support of the Getty Foundation (Los Angeles, USA). The workshops and fieldworks are carried out in Ladakh and in Dehra Dun. Further, the page ‘future plans’ informs about planed projects and monuments taken into consideration for site work.