Introduction: The Himalayan Ecology & Treatment of Natural Agriculture Samiti acronyms as ‘HETONA' is well known in its working areas was formed in 1991 by some like-minded volunteers who then plunged themselves in a famous and devastating Uttarkashi earthquake's rescue and relief operation. With their experience as rescue and relief volunteers, they decided to form an organization, which can work in hilly conditions and efficiently deliver the outcomes during testing time. The organization ‘HETONA' was registered under Societies Registration Act 1860 and later on under Income Tax Act 1961 and Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010. The Society's basic character is charitable and democratic in its functioning and secular in its thoughts.
Mission: HETONA envisages to provide a skill and knowledge to the under privileged strata of the society so that it can recognize and use the resources around them for their holistic empowerment.
Objectives:
1. To work for environmental conservation
2. To work for gender equality and women empowerment
3. To work for rural drinking water supply and environmental sanitation
4. To work for climate resilient sustainable mountain agriculture
5. To promote organic farming with traditional and modern methodologies and link with market.
6. To work for the livelihood improvements of the vulnerable sections of the society
7. To work for the upliftment of scheduled castes, tribes and minorities
8. To form community based organization, train and build their capacity to include them in development process.
General Objective is to identify, tap and optimally harness the potential of the underprivileged classes of the society in such a way as to strike a judicious balance between their own quality of life as well as towards their meaningful contribution in the society/nation.