Amchi

Every year, Amchi Karma Chodon an idealist Tibetan doctor, travels to the most remote areas in ladakh to raise awareness on women and child public health care. The mother of five, she is also accompanied by her youngest five month old baby 'Teljor' as she travels hundreds of miles on the harsh and dangerous roads of the Ladakhi Himalayas in India. The documentary follows Amchi Karma's last journey to meet her students who live in the Zanskar region. After giving them four years of education on Tibetan medicine in Leh Ladakh, she will be meeting them for the last time to give a revision course on women and child healthcare, so that the young Amchis can look after their own communities.