Everest for Education - Charity Trek to Everest Base Camp
Everest for Education” - Charity Trek to Everest Base Camp
Friendship Society Nepal (FSN)is a humanitarian organization working in rural Nepalese communities and in Kathmandu. Our aim is to improve the lives of vulnerable women and children in Nepal through better access to education, and through educational programs and community development projects.
The remote and underfunded Lura Village School is in desperate need of new classrooms. School attendance has increased in recent years through the work of FSC -- especially amongst young girls. The school now offers a high school education alongside primary education. 100% of the money raised through “Trek for an Education” will be used to build 4 new classrooms in Lura Village & Gorakhani Village.
Your Australian trek leaders are Cairns based experienced paramedics, Shane White and Kylie Jones. Kylie and Shane have volunteered with Friends of Himalayan Children for many years They have spent time in Batase village and are very involved with Adventure Sports in North Queensland.
Your Nepali team will comprise of highly skilled and experienced trekking guides and porters including FHC founder and Take on Nepal company owner, Nima Dorjee Tamang. You will also be guided by Friendship World Treks company owner Nima Dorjee Tamang, and extremely experienced trekking guides Lakpa Tamang and Singa Tamang and Many more.
Prior to the Everest Trek you will be welcomed to Lura Village where you will see first hand where the money raised will be going, and if you choose to return to Nepal, you will be welcomed back to assist with the building of the classrooms.
Read the full Itinerary for the 21 Day Trek
Why participate in the Everest for Education Base Camp trek?
Everest for Education is a fundraising project for Friendship Society Nepal (FSN)
• to build new classrooms in the Lura Village school & Darawne Pokhari Kavre
• Visit Lura Village and see how your contribution is changing the lives of many children.
• Help create training and employment opportunities for the young adults of Lura Village school & Darawne Pokhari Kavre who are currently studying in Kathmandu.
• Learn about Sherpa culture
• Stay in mountain teahouses
• Take a flight over Nepal's mountain peaks
• Admire spectacular Himalayan views
• Experience the exhilaration of reaching Everest Base Camp
• Discover remote monasteries
• Australian led trek
What's Included in the 19 Day Trek?
• 5 night’s accommodation in Kathmandu.
• Lura Village school & Darawne Pokhari Kavre Experience.
• Teahouse accommodation during the trek
• Return flight to Lukla
• All main meals
• Airport transfers (pick-up / drop-off)
• Guides and porters
• Entrance fees and permits
• Baggage storage
What's Not Included in the Trek?
• Tips to guides and porters
• Items of personal consumption (sodas, alcoholic beverages, laundry, deserts etc.)
• Gear and equipment
• Sleeping bags
• Travel insurance (Travel insurance is mandatory)
• International flights to and from Kathmandu
19 Day Everest for Education Trek Outline
• Start: Kathmandu, Nepal
• Finish: Kathmandu, Nepal
• Group size: Minimum 10, maximum 20
• Meals: All main meals included (drinks and deserts at own expense)
• Accommodation: Varied mountain teahouses
• Transport: All tourist buses and taxi transfers (excluding taxi transfers for personal use in Kathmandu). Airplane to Lukla.
• Included activities: Lura Village school & Darawne Pokhari Kavre Village Trek, Lura Village school & Darawne Pokhari Kavre Village experience, Everest Base Camp trek, Kala Pattar trek, guide for trek, porters for trek, return flight from Lukla to Kathmandu.
Baggage storage
Cost: $2,500 Single Supplement: $200
Conditions
• Telephone conversation with Australian team leader prior to departure
• A non-refundable deposit of $500 is required to secure a booking and is to be deposited into the Friends of Himalayan Children bank account. The remaining monies are payable 90 days prior to departure and are to be deposited into Nepalese Community Trekking Company account (details of these accounts will be provided on booking).
• Additional fundraising for Friends of Himalayan Children is encouraged to assist with building a new classroom in Batase Village.
• A valid medical certificate is required from your doctor 2 months prior to departure stating that you are fit and capable of undertaking the physically challenging trek.
• Travel Insurance that covers trekking is compulsory.
• Training is necessary. This trek is challenging and you will require a high level of fitness. We can offer you support in this area. Please contact us for details.
