To celebrate the arrival of hot sunny days in the mountains the staff enjoyed a picnic to Jankhni Devi Mandir above Palampur. They enjoyed the peace and quiet, cooking together and singing and dancing until long past time to go home!

Great work from our sturdy volunteers painting a colourful number spiral at the Nishtha Playground on which the children can play.

Our farm team picking beautiful golden calendula flowers. The bounty of nature provides us with these wonderful calendula flowers which have immense healing power. We use it joyfully in our clinic to treat poorly healing wounds, ulcers and skin irritations.

Our three lady doctors are available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturday morning. The Clinic is open for drop-in patients from 9-12am. Please call 9882895838 for afternoon appointments.

Dr. Deepanjali is again out and about visiting outlying villages talking to the women about their health issues. This important program encourages women to understand how best to look after themselves and adjust their lifestyle to improve their health.

Block level meetings are usually held twice a year and offer an opportunity for single women to meet useful Government officers, local officials and doctors to discuss their various problems and receive advice and help. Over 350 women attended the meetings and enjoyed the opportunity to meet and share a good lunch.

Our volunteer Niklas was awed by the experience of working with the local printing press where the sounds and smells are intense! We are screen printing our latest bag design – a Gaddi dancing girl drawn by Veronica Leo and Ronny. Watch out for these new bags on the Nayi Asha on-line shop.

Spring is here and the fields are alive with flowers and grasses. Our team have been out picking plantain (plantago) leaves which they wash and dry and then bottle along with raw sugar and spices to make our very effective cough syrup.

The Nishtha team assisted the local Panchayat in putting on an interesting and enjoyable event for International Women’s Day, attended by over 50 local women. The Pradaan introduced the event by explaining the origin and importance of Women’s Day. Ravindra and two of Nishtha students spoke encouraging women to be aware of their rights. There followed traditional lively Kangri and Ghaddi dance performances which everyone enjoyed.

Spring is here and the fields are alive with flowers and grasses. Our team have been out picking plantain (plantago) leaves which they wash and dry and then bottle along with raw sugar and spices to make our very effective cough syrup.