With air travel shutting down everywhere, Ecuador is the only country whose border has remained closed to its own nationals and residents, stranding thousands. The Frente Plurinacional por el Derecho al Retorno a Ecuador has brought together more than 600 stranded Ecuadorians to demand their right to return home.

Los Angeles, California, United States., April 1, 2020 - Amid emergency air travel restrictions, Ecuador is the only country whose border has remained closed even to its own nationals and residents. Thousands have been barred abroad with dwindling resources. Most of these stranded Ecuadorians are in United States and Mexico, many in Southern Florida and Mexico City.

  More than 3000 Ecuadorian citizens and residents travelling abroad demand their right to return, contacting the National Assembly’s Commission on Sovereignty, International Relations and Comprehensive Security. Last week, chartered flights from other nations arrived in Ecuador airports to repatriate their own citizens. These planes were ordered to arrive empty by the country’s executive branch, who have yet to agree on policies for the return of their stranded citizens who are not minors, handicapped, pregnant or elderly.

  This is a violation of international law. The International Declaration of Human Rights states in Article 13.2: "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including their own, and the right to return to their country.” Ecuador’s Office of the Ombudsman – charged with “the defense of the rights of the Ecuador’s inhabitants and Ecuadorians outside the country” – declared:

  “our firmest rejection of the flagrant violation of the rights of our Ecuadorian community abroad who have been stranded in transit or with an urgent need to return to their country, whose situation hangs between their defenselessness and the indifference shown by those whose obligation it is to attend to them directly, in person, diligently and effectively in foreign territory through our diplomatic corps and its network of assistants, especially in the context of a humanitarian crisis of the pandemic emergency activated throughout the world as a result of the spread of COVID-19.”

  The Ombudsman warns that the Ecuadorian government actions “may lead the State to neglect its international duties, if due to inaction, Ecuadorians face contagion or even death in places that are currently declared epidemiological hotspots.”

  The Ecuadorian government has rightly begun with priority repatriation of vulnerable groups. Yet more than two weeks after the cancellation of all flights they have yet to respond to the thousands of other Ecuadorians and residents stranded abroad.
 

About Frente Plurinacional por el Derecho al Retorno a Ecuador

Frente Plurinacional por el Derecho al Retorno a Ecuador is an ad hoc and online group of Ecuadorian citizens and residents has organized to demand the right to return to Ecuador

The digital medium has quite flared up in recent times with a great volume of content outflow directed towards target audiences in specific locations. Following the trend, the same has also been fervently flourishing in Guwahati, Assam. 

 It was during 2010 when a young Computer Science Engineer working for Hewlett Packard in Bangalore realised the potential of this industry and analysed the paucity of online content for establishments in the North-east India. Based on a deliberate perception, powered by great technical expertise that came along with an Engineering degree in Computer Science from VTU, Karnataka, Supratim Kashyap, started Zakti Media Services in Guwahati and has pioneered the revolution in terms of digital marketing in the frontline. He bagged his first client in the very first meeting with Impact Media who were the organizers of the biggest education fairs in the region during that time.

 After this successful attempt, there has been no halting for him and vehemently imparted services to leading clients such as ADTU, Pratidin Group, Dainik Janam bhumi, Sentinel Group, Subham Group, USTM, etc.

He has rendered honest services and been quite successful in working with the Assam Government departments like Election Commission, Disaster Management, UNICEF Assam, Political Campaigns, and has handled major projects like the NRC in Assam where his team had the responsibility to do extensive media monitoring, sentiment analysis, dispel rumours, disseminate information and do extensive response management. Mr. Kashyap has also been awarded by CMO Asia with the best brand leadership award. 

With these extensive experiences, lucrative expertise and knowledge, they have now diversified their operations and ventured into the domain of technology training and grooming.

Zakti Media is now a unit of Megon Creative India Pvt Ltd with The Zakti School of Excellence as its education wing.

Zakti School of Excellence, that bears the tagline “Takes you from College to Corporate", is a niche in its domain which offers training in domains like Digital Marketing, JAVA, Python, Data Science, AI, etc. The concept is to bridge the gap between a college graduate and the industry requirement. It meticulously identifies the emerging future professional opportunities and innovates ways to engage the youths, mentor, motivate and guide them to build a better future and make them job-ready for future-thinking companies. Along with classroom training, the students get live sessions from industry experts from Major cities, corporate exposure, personality development and grooming, mock interviews and placement assistance in major companies. Zakti School of Excellence is partnered with Manipal Prolearn as its Academic Partner and the eligible students will be issued certifications from ManipalProlearn after due completion of the courses.

A well-equipped modern office infrastructure has been set up in Zoo Tiniali and has all the amenities and the perfect environment to make the students feel of corporate culture in their classrooms before they start their professional journey.

Irvine, CA - The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the United States hard. Jackie Ni, a Sage Hill high school senior, wanted to get out and help, to be an instrument of light in his community and encourage others to do the same. In just a few short weeks he developed a website that offers a more transparent and efficient way for individuals and organizations to make donations. The mission of his site, supplycrate.org, is to “combat COVID-19, one crate at a time.”

While there are websites out there that help match donors with medical facilities, Jackie noticed some major flaws. First, many sites do not give accurate information as to the actual supplies needed. They also may not reflect the real time needs of the facility based on COVID-19 cases in the area. For this, supplycrate.org offers a mapping system.  Donors can see where there are higher concentrations of coronavirus cases and strategically send donations to those harder hit areas and get real time updates on actual supply and demand.

         Another flaw of current donation sites is the ability, or lack thereof, for donors to track their donations. Jackie’s family recently sent out thousands of surgical masks to medical facilities in neighboring states but was wanting the peace of mind knowing that their donation safely arrived in the right hands.  “My site allows you to use QR codes to transparently make a donation and track where it goes, and when it arrives.”

         The new website, which goes live on April 3, 2020, will live up to its mission, “combat COVID-19, one crate at a time” and encourage others to get involved as we band together to fight this disease. Currently, there are five organizations signed up to make donations.  250,000 masks will be delivered this weekend to senior care facilities, hospitals, and other locations in five states. Visit www.supplycrate.org to make your donation today. Let’s fight this disease, TOGETHER!

Wayanad Kerala: LanternStay Forest Resort Wayanad has announced Introductory camping offer 2020 and online booking has started. We are very proud to introduce Lantern camping. Lantern camping is a team of young, energetic and trained Professionals promoting nature tourism in Wayanad. We welcome you to Lantern camping: Bring out the nature lovers from everyone’s minds. Cut off from worldly filth… Just close to heavenly nature… with amazing people.Own birds, own waterfalls, own trees, own wild beauty and own the best camping sight in Wayanad.

LanternStay is the best place for birding in Wayanad. You can spot over 350 varieties of birds here. As a result, you will get a mysterious and exciting feeling when you hear the chirping of the birds. Lanternstay is situated in the deep forest of Wayanad, Kerala’s green land. They allow travelers to enjoy the serene beauty of the green forest at its best view. It is the best place for honeymoon packages too. Along with the room and bathroom facilities, they also provide an open shower and open pool. Small tents are also available here with excellent room services. 

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