I know you all know I have been back for almost 3 weeks now.
Denis and I had an amazing but extremely hot time in India 46C, we did the Golden Triangle after sight seeing in Delhi for one day almost passing out from the heat, so to Agra to see the famous Taj Mahal and to Jaipur, very interesting old City, but I have now seen Palace's, Temples, Museums, Mosques, Monasteries, Heritage sites, Towers, Statues, Forts, Ruins and Old Buildings enough to last me a lifetime:-)
Wow this was truly a trip to remember I can't tell you how much I loved it. I miss everybody back there a lot, especially all the beautiful kids, I wish so much I could visit them all the time, they were so sweet to me, and to see their amazing smiles and appreciation for the smallest things I did for them.
As for fund raising I am trying to figure out other projects in Nepal where I can help a bigger group of kids. I will work on something for sure but for now this is my last post, so thanks for tagging along on my most amazing journey!!!! I will add a few more pictures though
Namaste
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Funds raised so far!
Up to now I have raised $ 5500 mostly from my Birthday Party, generous friends and family. It will be an ongoing process for me and I will keep you posted on my progress. I thank you all very much, I am very appreciative of your donations. 100% of the money raised goes to the protect. With my donation I have now raised $ 10 500 to Nepal. We have bought land to build the school on and have started that. I just hope and pray that it is still standing at this point April 2015.
My trip to Kathmandu, Nepal to work in an Orphanage for 2 months, hike the Himalayan Mountains, travel to Lhasa Tibet to see the Tibetan Monasteries trek to Base Camp and tour Delhi India, all in 3 month and 5 days.
MY REASON FOR THE TRIP
I have been thinking of something good to do for people in need, for somebody who is less fortunate than us Western creatures who live in total luxury. After reading an article about The Highlander Orphanage in Kathmandu, I picked that to be my project. I am going to raise money for the kids in an orphanage in Nepal. Now the challenge comes. HOW? ? First I am going to give them some of my time. I have decided to volunteer at the orphanage for 2 months to make it more real for me, to go out of my own comfort zone to see what life is really like there and not as a tourist. By doing that I hope others will contribute in different ways. My goal is to raise as much as possible to make a better life for kids who would live in total poverty if not for the help from others.
Funds raised so far!
Up to now I have raised $ 5500 mostly from my Birthday Party, generous friends and family. It will be an ongoing process for me and I will keep you posted on my progress. I thank you all very much, I am very appreciative of your donations. 100% of the money raised goes to the protect. With my donation I have now raised $ 10 500 to Nepal. We have bought land to build the school on and have started that. I just hope and pray that it is still standing at this point April 2015.
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Nepal's Children!
60% of them are working, and twice as many girls as boys. A full time job is 10-14 hours a day, more than a 3 minute bathroom break is grounds for a beating. A child makes $1 - $2 a month, a coca cola cost 20 cents. 40,000 children must work to pay of their parent’s debt. 200,000 children work in slave like conditions. 200,000 Nepalese girls and young women have been sold to brothels in India. 60% of the boys and 88% of the girls are illiterate. 34% of all marriages are consummated of children under age 14....... 1.8 Million children under the age of 6 are malnourished. 17% of the country’s children die before their 5th birthday.
The Children at the Orphanage
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