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Pilot ProgrammeResponsible Tourism
Project Dawn: Valley of River
Ladhiya Valley, Champawat, Uttarakhand
The Challenge
The three adopted villages documented migration, water scarcity, unreliable electricity, distant healthcare, limited education infrastructure, women's hygiene needs and few means of daily wages.
What We Are Trying To Do
Adopt small communities in remote locations and develop them under rural tourism, mixing eleven SDGs with outdoor and adventure sports.
Key Activities
- Survival techniques training
- Wilderness survival course
- River courses & treks
- Village tourism & homestays
- Volunteering in schools and villages
- New farming techniques & digital literacy
Outcomes
1.5 kW solar panel installed; hand pump installed; generator, trolley and roller repaired; pads, medicines and stationery distributed; first computer access in nine years; homestay revenue for local villagers.
From the field


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