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HER Planet Earth Expedition to Sri Lanka Raises Valuable Funds for Women Impacted by Climate Change

In April 2023, a self-funded team of 12 women, under the banner of HER Planet Earth - a non-profit organisation headquartered in Singapore dedicated to gender equality and environmental conservation - trekked across the Knuckles Mountain Range of Sri Lanka, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The team successfully covered a total distance of 150km (100km on foot in 4 days and 50km on bike), and summited Gombaniya (1,906m), the highest peak of the range, as the first all-female team to ever attempt this feat. The expedition raised valuable funds (a team total of $60,000 SGD to date) for the economic empowerment of women affected by climate change in Sri Lanka. Ninety-six per cent of disasters in Sri Lanka are caused by extreme weather events, such as flooding, landslides, extreme winds, and drought. And it was ranked the fourth most climate change prone country according to the Global Climate Risk Index 2018. Consequently, it necessitates stronger disaster preparedness and proper interventions to build resistance in response to climate change. Roughly 50 percent of its 22 million citizens live in low-lying coastal areas in the west, south, and south-west of the island, and are at risk of future sea level rise.