Dear friends, I am very happy to be able to share with you our 2019-20 annual report, which is like a glimpse into a past world now! This year we decided to take a different approach to our presentation and show our activities month by month instead of project-wise. We have also taken the opportunity […]
During the past 3 months our normal activities have been restricted due to the corona virus pandemic. However, we have been working hard to stay in contact with the local community and responding to their critical needs as best we can. Dr Barbara has unwaveringly kept the clinic open, at first only for the few […]
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 […]
