Providing free medical care in rural Nepal Day 4 saw the Team, minus 2 who had gone down with a nasty case of the flu, pack up and start the long, hot hike up to Sirkot in readiness for the second camp. Days 5 – 7 and it was back to normal – long queues […]
This mission was a one with a slight difference. It was not about emergency aid to those left homeless and destitute after the earthquake; it’s focus was on cementing relationships with a community that we had already given some help to, and supporting them in their dream of rebuilding their local primary school so their […]
This post looks back toward a moment that had a lot of meaning for both Sally and me… the creation of the Shree Balshikshya Niketan Lower Secondary School library in Gabde, near Ale Gaun. It was a joy to have a simple idea turned into reality by the local community. We spent time before the trip […]
After a week of rest, planning sessions and meetings the Himalayan Quests team is off once again, this time to fulfill the promise of returning to the first village in Rasuwa we supported with relief supplies, and to help them rebuild their primary school which was flattened in the April earthquake. The team of 8, […]
To say this mission was a bit of an epic is an understatement! The information received from the locals was not totally accurate, especially re the walk in to the village from the road, 2 – 2½ hours turned into 5 along narrow tracks and crossing massive landslides. This was also the most dysfunctional village […]
