Awareness Campaign on Covid19 and Safety Hygiene practices including Mask And Soap Distribution in the Trek Bases:
done between April 11th to May 2nd
Our leaders who are stuck in Sankri, one of the popular trek base for many of the treks in Uttrakhand. Currently, they are raising awareness amongst the villagers and briefing them about the safety protocols to follow during this gloomy time of the Global Pandemic. We want to do more for the local guides and porters who are missing out on their daily wages and life is hitting hard on their families and children.
It was very difficult to procure and get things moving in the nationwide lockdown. However, we are grateful to people who helped us with the supplies and coordination during this hard time. The masks are being stitched by the women of Self Help Group, who otherwise used to make bags. Now they are making masks to help the cause and meet the demands. We are happy to keep the micro-economy ticking even in these gloomy days.
Our team completed the distribution of the masks and soaps to all the villagers of Saud, Sankri, Sirga, Taluka, and Dhatmir. Further, we look forward to helping the guides, porters, cooks, camp helpers, and mules-men, etc. who have lost their livelihood due to the Covid19 Pandemic. For we owe them life-changing memories. We have prepared the list of families affected very badly by the pandemic in these 4 villages. We have filtered the list carefully and only included those who are facing extreme poverty and are very needy of help. We are planning to provide them with some essential ration support. In this endeavor, we need your support as well. Hence, a call to all of our past trekkers to help those in need in these times of crisis. We urge you to help and stand together for this cause.