Food relief for poor families in CoVid-19 Lockdown

11th Aug 2021

Food relief for poor families in CoVid-19 Lockdown – Nepal

During these uncertain times following the emergence of the COVID-19 virus, we support to identify the best ways to help the poor family in remote area. The Nepal government has locked down the country to prevent community transmission of the coronavirus – only essential services like hospitals and food suppliers remain open.

“A prolonged shutdown forces us to look beyond the near future – food shortages, economic hardship, social unrest and political instability. The virus and its response have exposed and exacerbated existing socio-economic inequities in Nepali society, exclusion and injustice” (Nepali Times).

Being poor in Nepal is a bit different than being “poor” in your country.

Due to Covid since 2020 the lack of tourism has wiped-out Sherpa people, guides, porters main income and badly affected the local village communities of the Himalayas . We’ve been trying to help poor people in the remote areas of our village by carrying out projects like food drops replacing plastic sheets for glass windows, reroofing properties and insulating houses to improve the lives of families not in a position to pay for food and vital work to there properties themselves.

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world. In remote mountain communities, over 42% of tourism labor drop out of their income. After losing their job, it was really hard for them village people to eat food, after supporting the money from lions club of Korbach Arolsen Germany ORG, we distributed each household’s rice 30 kg, sugar 2 kg, Oil 2 liter, noodles 2 kg, salt 2 kg and soap 4 pieces for hand wash and facemask for 114 families 6 months ago.

Helping others brings deep satisfaction. No matter how powerful we may seem to be, our survival depends on the community. Clearly the community is crucial to individual happiness, so if we make others happy, we too derive benefit. We need to take action. However, if we act out of self-centeredness, it will be difficult to be transparent, to earn others’ trust and friendship. By learning to be more warm-hearted we can create a more compassionate world.