Our Single Women activists have been working hard to contact women who have been severely isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow this link to see more of our reach into the villages.

Reviving our group action to improve the garbage situation in the Dharamsala area, Nishtha invited the local groups to share what they have been doing during the lockdown and what their plans are for the future. We can all benefit from hearing from each other and directing our efforts towards segregation and educating youngsters through WhatsApp groups.

Nikita and Soujanyaa, two highly enterprising and experienced young people held a vibrant 2 day workshop for 20 adolescent girls from the villages of Rakkar, Khaniyara and Tillu. Supported by our Community Centre staff, the girls danced, dreamed and explored the themes: Self, Others, community and Habitat. The team hope to follow up the workshop with a number of support sessions for the girls, and an adapted version for adolescent boys.

Thank you kind donor for restocking our library with over 100 new picture story books so we can really enjoy reading in Hindi