Wild Frontiers' India director, JP Sharma, appealed for help to assist people in need in his home town of Bundi who, due to the consequences of COVID-19 and the lockdown, were left without an income.

JP has been busy distributing food parcels, sanitisers and face masks to people in need, who lost the ability to earn a daily wage while lockdown was enforced, and to priests whose temples were closed during lockdown.

Funds have also been used to supply personal protective equipment to the local government hospital after staff asked for help. This has included N95 face masks, bottles of sanitiser and thermal scanners as requested by the hospital.

JP has been overwhelmed with the support received and will continue to help the community and in and around Bundi as the need arises.

Thank you

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With India being a country close to Wild Frontiers heart for almost 20 years, and the reports of the effects COVID-19 is having on the livelihoods and health of poor communities across all states, we wanted to help where we could. But with the scale of the country, its population, the disease itself and all its repercussions, where do you start?

Wanting to ensure we could help in a meaningful way at a grassroots level, we teamed up with long time friend and director of Wild Frontiers in India, JP Sharma.

Sensing the countrywide lock-down, JP moved his Delhi based team to work from home and returned to his hometown of Bundi to find many people in his community in need.

JP has since helped mobilise members of the community to distribute care packages of food, sanitisers and masks (which are now compulsory for anyone who leaves their home).

'We have also received requests from the local hospital for face masks and personal protection equipment.'

The Wild Frontiers Foundation is calling on you to help us to help JP and the community by donating to this emergency response appeal.

Food packages - £6 will provide:

Packages containing 5 kg of wheat flour , 2 kg of rice , 1 kg of dahl , 1 kg of sugar , 250 grams of tea , cooking oil , spices and salt .

Bundi is a charming town with a population of just over 100,000, which is a popular rural stop on many of Wild Frontiers adventures in India. The Wild Frontiers Foundation has launched this appeal with a donation of £1000 to help a community that has always given us and our travellers a warm welcome.

Please help if you can.

Best Wishes and stay safe from all at Wild Frontiers