Mail by Runner 1: Education in a Pandemic

Tashi Delek!

Education in a pandemic.

Covid-19 has hit the Himalayas hard, with schools closed, tourism gone and livelihoods disappeared. The monsoon has also arrived in the ‘high Himal’ (as my father Ed Hillary used to refer to it as) and most school children don’t have computers to do virtual classes on during lockdown.

It’s a challenging situation but there are some amazing and innovative solutions happening up there. Many children in the Solukhumbu are getting their lessons by listening to radios and pre-pay mobile phones that the Himalayan Trust has distributed to some of the poorest households.

Despite all that is going on, education must continue and $15 a phone enables this.

Peter Hillary

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