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Completed Projects
Empowering the Women of Nepal
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We provided funding for Nepali women to be tranied in the outdoor industry,
so they could then obtain jobs in the thriving tourism industry of Nepal.
EWN also manages "Himalaya House" which is for orphaned girls in Nepal.
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Each One, Teach One
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Explore Himalaya Community Service Program has introduced the "Each One Teach One" project with the goal of providing school level education to conflict-affected children in a bid to give them a better chance to live a happy, secure and healthy life. The project is primarily focused on ensuring children’s rights to education. For this, EHCSP seeks financial support from various donors. With the funds collected from the donors, the project aims to provide a monthly scholarship of Rs 1000 to conflict-affected children through high school graduation. The money received will be directly utilized for the childrens' school fees, stationeries, outfits and other necessary educational resources.
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K2 Tragedy Victims Fund
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In partnership with EverestNews.com, The Mountain Fund served as intermediary for donations in support of the families of the porters who were killed in the K2 avalance in August 2008. In November 2008, The Mountain Fund presented $769 to the families of the two Nepalese porters; and in January 2009, presented $596 to the families of the two Pakistani porters.
- Click HERE to read about the tragedy
- Click HERE to read updates about the tragedy
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Zachary "Zack" Tyler Martin Memorial Fund
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In partnership with The American Alpine Club, we helped establish a memorial fund for Zachary “Zack” Tyler Martin.
There are times in man’s existence that a life ends abruptly and we wonder what would have happened if the flame had burned a bit longer. This is the case with Zack, a man who loved life and lived it to the fullest. Unfortunately, he died in a tragic car accident on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2002, just days before he would have celebrated his twenty-sixth birthday.
Zack’s climbing résumé reads like an adventure novel. Zack received climbing grants from many donors including the American Alpine Club. He was awarded the Anatoli Boukreev Memorial Scholarship that sent him to Kazakhstan, Russia, where he climbed, took photos and completed a research project on Soviet athletes who were affected by the fall of the Soviet Union.
This has now evolved into the "Zack Martin Breaking Barriers Grant".
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Maya Foundation
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The Maya Foundation is determined to improve the position of the weak within the Nepalese society, especially in the fields of education and healthcare but also by caring about their economic independence and personal growth. By focusing on healthcare and education Maya gives the Nepali people the strength to help themselves.
Maya has been active in Nepal for over 3 years. In this short period of time Maya has been very successful. In 2005 Nepal’s Ministry of Education awarded Maya with an honorable mention for her work regarding early childhood education in rural Nepal.
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Pakistani Women's Climbing Camp
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Pakistan is bestowed with the largest collection of the spectacular and lofty mountains in the world. It is here in Northern Areas that three magnificent mountain ranges on Earth; Karakoram, Himalayas and Hindukush make a rendezvous.
Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP), the national mountaineering and climbing federation, is engaged in promoting healthy adventure sports of mountaineering and mountain related adventure activities in the country since its establishment in 1974. Besides training a large number of its members, youth (including women) and others related with the mountain tourism, it has launched many successful mountaineering expeditions to the highest mountains including K2 as well as the world’s highest - Mt Everest (8,850m).
In the past ACP’s efforts to train and produce women climbers and mountaineers have not yielded positive results for various reasons. To address this situation, "Destination Pakistan" was launched in 2007, with the support of American Alpine Club, who shall be sending their reputed women instructors (Everest summiteers) and trainers to train interested young girls and women in the art of Rock Climbing and Mountaineering.
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The Jonathan Peacock Memorial Fund
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This memorial fund has been set up in the honor of British climber Jonathan Peacock for the support of The Mount Everest Foundation for Sustainable Development in Nepal and Tibet. Jonathan tragically and unexpectedly passed away while in the Mustagata Expedition Base Camp on July 13th, 2007.
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Reach Out Children's Fund
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We, at Reach Out Children's Fund, wanted to send you one more update with photos. The dentist, Juan Carlos Leroma Villa, we hired in October 2007 to treat the children of Huilloc, Chaulloccocha, Chupani, Yanamayo, and Kelkanka, did a follow-up visit in December. This was just before students were leaving for their summer break and a good time to give them a check-up and provide them with additional dental hygiene supplies. On this trip, with the dentist, The Mountain Fund took a team of medical volunteers, who hosted a 2-day medical clinic for these villages. Our treatment and supplies are always free to the people in need.
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Restoration of the Gangety Sang- ngag Choeling Monastery
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Restoration of the Gangety Sang- ngag Choeling Monastery, Bhutan.Sept. 30 - Oct. 18 2008
The Tessa Horan Foundation, a Partner, of The Mountain Fund, is one of many contributors from around the globe that helped to fund the restoration of this 16th century monastery. During the consecration of the monastery, a continuous stream of prayers and matras were offered to create positive energy for the region and it's inhabitants. This in turn, will spread across the whole world. A close friend of Kristena and Tessa's, Anna Hansen, traveled to Bhutan to participate in the ceremony and took this photo of the restored monastery.
Tessa took refuge with Gangteng Tulku Rinpoche, the founder of this monastery, on April 11th 1999. Later that evening, Tessa's brother was injured in a car accident, which left him a paraplegic. Anna i a very significant part of our lives, because she integrated Buddhism into the family. She also anointed Tessa's body with Saffron, along with three other Buddhist friends. She encouraged the foundation to donate money for the rebuilding of the monastery.
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Tibetan Music Project
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We helped raise $15,000 for their operational costs
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