Since India closed its inter-state borders on 24th March without warning, we have watched in dismay while millions of itinerant labourers from rural states working in the large cities, have tried to make their way home, mostly on foot. Workers, students and people who were travelling in states where they did not live, found themselves […]
March 23rd 2020 Dear Friends, We are all very concerned about the current pandemic and hope everyone is being careful and can stay safe and well. I am writing now to tell you how things are here for us in order to reassure you that we are managing as best we can and adapting to […]
Recently Nishtha’s youngest employee Ankush Sharma attended a 10-day workshop called “Pahar aur hum”, to learn about the Himalayan region, local garbage problems, sensitive Kashmir issues and the culture of the region. 35 Students and fellow activists from all over Himachal Pradesh learned about each other’s problems and relating solutions, Nishtha’s plastic blocks were found […]
11 days cycling, average 40 km/day (25 miles) This trip covers quite a range of different terrain and cycling conditions, from short easier days on good roads to a couple of steeper and longer climbs on poor quality roads. It should be within the reach of anyone who is a regular cyclist with a good […]
Our 16 sponsorship students participated in a day long environment program with Nishtha during their college holidays. Along with our team they visited local houses to see how the people are supporting our project by segregating and collecting their waste plastic in sacks. They then did a small clean up of the Rakkar area. The […]
Twelve years ago, at the request of several women in the village who were struggling to make ends meet, Nishtha started a tailoring class in our Community Centre employing Maya Devi as teacher. This helped many women to learn how to make bags which Nishtha was able to sell both for fund raising and publicity […]
This week our team went to the remote Village of Harnera in Sharpur block. The health education camp was organized by our oldest activist Gyni Devi and our newest activist Ranjana. It was attended by 37 women, both young and old and several with small babies. As usual Dr Kusum led a lively an informative […]
In order to increase the skills of our organic farming team, five of us visited the organic farm at Bir run by Spero Lacthis, our homeopathic outreach clinic doctor. We were full of curiosity and enthusiasm as we were shown the fields made in small circles surrounded by water channels, so that in the rainy […]
In a joint venture, Nishtha and Aviskaar organised a 2 day science fair at the Govt. School in Rakkar. The Aaviskar team arrived on day 1 with brilliantly prepared materials and taught the 7th and 8th class kids basic science concepts using very clear, practical illustrations. The following day the 2 classes split into small […]
During 2014-15 Nishtha sponsored 12 students, 3 of them for the first time and 9 who continued their sponsorship from last year but then one dropped out. Seven are the children of single women and the rest come from very poor local families. Every year we engage these students in various activities through which they […]
