Stoves, blankets and fuel before the passes close.

1,260
winter kits delivered
7%
of field spend
$120
sends one winter kit: stove, two blankets and dry food
Winter relief

The high villages are cut off for four months. We deliver stoves, blankets and dry food in October, by mule and on foot, to the homes that need them most.

How it works

  1. 01

    List the homes

    Village councils name the households that need a kit most.
  2. 02

    Pack in October

    Volunteers pack kits into 40 kg mule loads in Oakland and at the road head.
  3. 03

    Walk it up

    The mule train takes nine days and must beat the first snow.

Stoves, blankets and fuel before the passes close.

1,260
winter kits delivered
7%
of field spend
$120
sends one winter kit: stove, two blankets and dry food
Winter relief

The high villages are cut off for four months. We deliver stoves, blankets and dry food in October, by mule and on foot, to the homes that need them most.

How it works

  1. 01

    List the homes

    Village councils name the households that need a kit most.
  2. 02

    Pack in October

    Volunteers pack kits into 40 kg mule loads in Oakland and at the road head.
  3. 03

    Walk it up

    The mule train takes nine days and must beat the first snow.

Stoves, blankets and fuel before the passes close.

1,260
winter kits delivered
7%
of field spend
$120
sends one winter kit: stove, two blankets and dry food
Winter relief

The high villages are cut off for four months. We deliver stoves, blankets and dry food in October, by mule and on foot, to the homes that need them most.

How it works

  1. 01

    List the homes

    Village councils name the households that need a kit most.
  2. 02

    Pack in October

    Volunteers pack kits into 40 kg mule loads in Oakland and at the road head.
  3. 03

    Walk it up

    The mule train takes nine days and must beat the first snow.
A mountain village at first light, the peaks behind it catching the sun

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A mountain village at first light, the peaks behind it catching the sun

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$25 lights 3 homes for a year

2,140 homes lit since 2011 · 91¢ of every dollar goes to the field

A mountain village at first light, the peaks behind it catching the sun

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Choose your gift

$25 lights 3 homes for a year

2,140 homes lit since 2011 · 91¢ of every dollar goes to the field

A light, a tap and a teacher for every mountain village.

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Field notes, four times a year.

One letter each season from the valleys. No appeals in between.

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