29 December 2019, Surkhet
On the call for humanitarian assistance by the Rautes’ chief, the Rautes living in the forest of Gurash rural municipality in Dailekh district have been provided with warm clothes and nutritious food.
Due to the severe cold as the Rautes children falling sick, Surya Narayan Shahi the community’s Mukhiya (Chief) brought the extremely urgent situation to the light of the humanitarian organizations.
Similarly, Satyadevi Khadka, Chairperson of Raute Utthan Pratisthan Nepal shared that they distributed clothes including blankets and food items as rice, wheat flour and butter among others reaching out to the Rautes in their settlements.
Various social organizations and helpful individuals have contributed to this cause, informed Khadka, adding that goods amounting to Rs 450,000 were purchased and distributed to the Rautes. Mukhiya Shahi informed that children were hit hard with the sharp plummeting in the temperature.
“We used to spend the entire winter in a single clothes but in lack of warm clothes, the children in our community started falling sick,” said Shahi, expressing his gratitude,” The warm clothes and food items have brought some relief.” Foundation Chairperson Khadka urged one and all to help save lives of the engendered communities.
