Welcome to the first episode of the Sangini Bhet podcast!
On today’s episode, we discuss the COVID-19 crisis in Nepal. As the pandemic lessens in areas like North America, our family, friends, and community in Nepal face the dire second wave of the virus. Many of us may be feeling alarmed, anxious or uncertain. We might be going through grief or the shouldering responsibility to provide and care for others. To our community, listeners, and readers - you must be wondering:
> How can I easily and quickly learn about the COVID-19 crisis in Nepal?
> How can I help mitigate this crisis if I am not in Nepal, if I am not Nepali?
> What can I share on social media and to my network?

Our guests, Ankita Shah, an executive board member of Bighnaharta Nepal (a not-for-profit organization based in Kathmandu, Nepal established by a group of Nepali youths with the mission of creating self-sustainable communities in the most remote parts of the country) who is currently focused on “Operation Two Meals” an effort to make food supplies and medicines accessible to the pandemic affected people in Nepal and Manaswi Sangraula speak to how you, as a listener, can help fight against COVID-19 in Nepal and methods of self-care to overcome fear, anxiety, and stress.
How to Help/Resources:
> Donate to Operation Two Meals: https://www.gofundme.com/f/operation-two-meals
> Bighnaharta Nepal on Instagram, DM directly to get involved: https://www.instagram.com/bighnaharta_nepal/
> Bighnaharta Nepal on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bighnahartanp/
> Nepal Rising is a non-profit working for the relief, rebuilding & resilience of communities in Nepal. Find them on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/nepalrising/, sign their petition to urge the US government to send emergency aid to Nepal here https://www.change.org/p/urge-us-government-to-send-emergency-covid-19-vaccine-humanitarian-aid-to-nepal?pt=AVBldGl0aW9uABOutgEAAAAAYJ3nwMdLHs45YTU0Mjc5Yg%3D%3D&source_location=topic_page and learn about their advocacy here: https://nepalrising.org/page/covid-advocacy
> Alliance for Nepal is a group of volunteering individuals and organizations that have come together to help the country tackle the second wave of COVID-19 from local to national level. Find them on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/CovidAllianceForNepal/, sign their petition to get COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal https://www.change.org/p/ambassador-randy-berry-get-covid-vaccines-to-nepal-asap-and-prevent-a-humanitarian-disaster and follow them on Twitter here https://twitter.com/alliance4nep?lang=en

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