Community Project Travel

The story of my World Expeditions trip to fix a ‘run down’ school in Nepal including painting the building, repairing the roof, replacing the floor and installing blackboards in the classrooms.

Nepal

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Positive Footprints

Sunday, 17 Sep 2006 | Views [1096] | Comments [2] | Video

12 people, 3 days and 1 school. A documentary about a community project trek deep into the Himalaya to help restore a school. World Nomads and community project travel partner World Expeditions have linked up together to demonstrate how a small number ... Read more >

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Packing up & back to Kathmandu

Tuesday, 28 Mar 2006 | Views [318]

Not much to do today but pack up and wait for the bus to take us back to Kathmandu. Having never been on a group trip like this before, I was a bit apprehensive of whether it would be for me or not. I had half expected a group of people who needed ... Read more >

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Leaving the School

Monday, 27 Mar 2006 | Views [270]

After breakfast we take another tour of the school similar to the one we did when we arrived. The main building looks fantastic, there really is nothing like a coat of paint to transform a room. The locals are back in the pit working on the retaining ... Read more >

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Finishing the repairs

Sunday, 26 Mar 2006 | Views [290]

We’re up and into it early this morning in a desperate attempt to make up time from yesterday’s unproductive afternoon. By the time we step back into the pit at 6:30am there’s already a dozen locals in there laying out the next cages. This interaction ... Read more >

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Falling behind

Saturday, 25 Mar 2006 | Views [281]

Perhaps the biggest impact of our visit to the school is the way the locals have turned up to join the workforce. According to our guide it’s the fact we’ve come all this way that has drawn the locals into action. The school hasn’t had any repairs ... Read more >

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First day in the pit

Friday, 24 Mar 2006 | Views [322]

It’s a nice change this morning to wake up and not have to pack everything away. After the standard porridge breakfast we break up into groups for the day. There’s the retaining wall group of six (which includes myself), the painting group of four ... Read more >

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Arrival at the School

Thursday, 23 Mar 2006 | Views [287]

We head back up to a small school where we have lunch. By now the news of our imminent arrival at the school is big news in the local villages as about 50 or 60 locals turn out to greet us over lunch. We continue after lunch through a series of ... Read more >

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Down into the valley

Wednesday, 22 Mar 2006 | Views [287]

We wake again to stunning views before heading down towards the valley. We’ve stopped following the high ridge now and today will make our way down to the valley and up the other side. With the sun beating down we start the descent and drop rapidly ... Read more >

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