Rigzen Wangmo

Founder and co-founder

Founder of Village Lab Foundation, Ladakh

Rigzen Wangmo is the founder and co-founder of Village Lab Foundation, Ladakh [1], an Indian non-profit working on education, tribal welfare and arts & culture from Leh.

Village Lab Foundation, Ladakh

Village Lab Foundation, Ladakh is a grassroots organisation based in the Nubra Valley working to counter the erosion of Ladakhi culture and identity caused by standardised education models that don't reflect local traditions. It uses villages themselves as 'learning labs,' training both elders and youth as facilitators to design place-based learning experiences rooted in Ladakhi heritage and indigenous knowledge. It is a newly registered organisation, so this listing reflects a young initiative rather than a long-established one.