We recently shared a story of Bahatum, a woman entrepreneur in our network in Lucknow, India, who directed a politician and media to follow social distancing for ration distribution and protect her community.
Here are seven women across our last mile distribution network in Nepal who have shown leadership, action and responsibility to ensure their communities stay safe. We are so proud of each and every one!
Sita Tharu – Kalilali, Nepal
The local government has recognized Sita as a leader and has assigned her to collect daily wage earner data and coordinate relief issue ID cards, which help the unemployed workers access packages from the government. Sita has been a member of our network for November 2019.
Radha Kumari Mahato – Chitwan, Nepal
Radha has been helping her local government to coordinate and distribute relief packages and essential supplies. She has also been helping spraying disinfectants in the communities, and sharing information about the symptoms and how to stay safe.
Sunita Chaudhary – Kailali, Nepal
In addition to being an entrepreneur, Sunita is a member of the Nepal Red Cross and has been helping monitor whether or not people living in quarantine have access to facilities. Sunita has been dedicated to ensuring people have the essentials while remaining safe from the virus.
Satyashila Mahato – Kalilai, Nepal
Satyashila donated 100kg of cabbage, 50kg of tomatoes and 50kg of chilli from her family’s farm to the local ward office, to help feed 55 people currently in quarantine. She has been in our network for almost two years.
Tika Devi Chaudhary – Kailai, Nepal
Tika has been a member of our network for November, 2019. To help respond to COVID-19 in her community, the local government has assigned her to give awareness to people who have returned from overseas, teaching them via phone about how to stay in quarantine. Tika also monitors if these people are adhering to quarantine and shares updates on the situation with them.
Sabita Tharu – Bardiya, Nepal
Sabita joined our network in Jan, 2020 She has been helping and coordinating with the local government to collect data in her community regarding COVID-19.
Rabina Chaudhary – Kalilai, Nepal
Rubina is a member of the Purnagiri Youth Club. Through the club she and other members are spreading awareness of preventions and symptoms, and making the community aware via calls. Rubina has been a member of our network since May, 2019.
How to support women like these
We’re delighted that UK aid is joining forces with us to bring recovery efforts focused in Nepal. They will match every dollar raised up to $10,000 to:
- support market recovery
- ensure the most vulnerable communities can access affordable clean energy
- enable women entrepreneurs to regain income generation.
We’re proud this initiative will be funded with UK aid from the British people.
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