After the rapid increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Switzerland, Usthi has followed the recommendation of the Federal Council and is now working from home again. The majority of the Usthi team has been working from home again since the 19th of October, helping to minimize personal contacts and the use of public […]
After the last loosening of the Covid-19 restrictions, the project setup in Nepal could be continued. While attendance classes are slowly being resumed, support for school children in the Kathmandu valley can now be provided. With great excitement our partner organisation in Nepal started to set up Usthi’s new educational project in early 2020. The […]
Participants of the professional skills training had to wait a while until they could conclude their courses. The Covid-19 measures caused a long summer break. They finally graduated at the beginning of October. When the lockdown was imposed in spring to control Covid-19, the professional skills training centres in Hyderabad also had to close their […]
Usthi is giving away tickets for the movie “THE WALL OF SHADOWS”: A Sherpa family breaks a taboo and climbs one of the holiest mountains to earn the money for their son’s education. They lead an expedition along the eastern wall of Kumbhakarna, which has never been climbed before. When director Eliza Kubarska took part in […]
There is little hope that the Covid-19 situation in India will normalise any time soon; the case numbers in Nepal too continue to rise. The re-opening of schools is currently not in sight in either country. At least the professional skills training centres in Hyderabad will be allowed to resume operations on 21st of September. […]
In the context of the Covid-19 emergency relief in India, several media channels reported on the activities of the Usthi Foundation in India. After reports appeared on Namaste Switzerland and in The New Indian Express in August, the Linth Zeitung now also reported on the food aid during the lockdown. In early August, Namaste Switzerland, […]
At the beginning of September, Mirjam Hirzel joined the Usthi team. From now on, she will be responsible for coordinating the Usthi projects. This makes her the first point of contact for the project partners in India and Nepal. Together with Executive Director Alessandra Grosse, she is in charge of the operations abroad. As was […]
India records more than 60,000 new infections with Covid-19 every day and only the USA and Brazil are currently affected even more severely. Again and again, regional lockdowns must be imposed. Usthi does not expect schools to open soon and tries to teach Usthi students at a distance as good as possible. For some of […]
While in Switzerland, school life is expected to return to almost normal after the summer holidays, school children in the Usthi projects are still being taught from a distance. With the nationwide lockdown to control the Covid-19 pandemic, all educational institutions in India had to close. While in many places the restrictions have been eased […]