Thanks to the Educational Resource Centre (ERC) and Lisle Inc. for the Mini Grant Global Seed Fund 2008 . The grant was for a series of 9 community engagement workshops with young people in rural mountain communities in the Indian state of Uttrakhand.

Our grateful thanks to Indian for Collective Action (ICA) for their support to the MCF towards the Core Operating Fund which enables us to continue this important work of giving the young people a voice and helping them improve their lives and communities.

Our thanks to Lisle Inc. and the Educational Resources Center (ERC) for their generous support of a workshop in May 2005. The workshop took place in the remote hills of Pithoragarh, near the India-Nepal border.

We gratefully acknowledge a generous grant from the Barton Foundation to help provide libraries and resource centers to children in remote mountain communities.

Shri Bhuvaneshwari Mahila Ashram (SBMA), our parent organization, continues to be our original source of financial and moral support. And SBMA/Plan remains one of our most active and supportive partners in our work with the children of the Garhwal mountains.

Individual supporters:
We would like to thank the following for their generous support of the MCF.

• Mr. & Mrs. Amar and Vinita Singh
• Ms. Surajben Patel
• Dr. Dave Grey
• Ms. Uma Swami
• Mr. & Mrs. Jay and Rosaline Maloney
• Mrs. Dhaiben Patel
• Mr. Satish Patel
• Ms. Anita Lathia
• Mr. Nathaniel Dostrovsky
• Mr. & Mrs Roger & Barbara Belshaw
• Capt. & Mrs Joginder Singh
• Mr. & Mrs Sunjoy and Simrat Joshi

Friends:
We would like to thank our friends who have generously donated their time and resources and provided invaluable moral support to the MCF.

• Mr. Cyril R. Raphael, whose inspiration created this forum
• Dr. Dave Grey, for all his support, research, and input
• Dr. Sharada Nayak
• Dr. Brij Mohan Sharma who helped plant the first seeds of the MCF
• Dr. Sunil Kainthola, for helping set the foundations of the MCF
• Mr. Subhash Rawat, for sharing our vision and creating the word "PABAM"
• The Sir Ratan Tata Trust, for being the first to support the MCF
• ONGC, for supporting the ICMC at a crucial time
• Raj and Jacob Singh, who first got us into cyberspace
• Channel Mountain Communications

Photo Credits:
The photographs that bring this site to life come primarily from two wonderful shutterbugs:

• Shashi Bhushan
• Aditi P. Kaur

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How you can help:
We welcome any kind of support and input you are able to give, but here are some things we particularly need:

• The children are setting up libraries in their communities, so books (especially in Hindi) and other resources such as maps, would be appreciated.
• Used, but working, still cameras that can be given to the children in different areas to document their activities.
• Your ideas on how we can make this site and the MCF better.
• We can always use financial and in-kind support. If you have ideas about how
  you would like to help the MCF, let us know!

If you would like to start or facilitate an MCF chapter, please contact us at mcfglobal@gmail.com.