The Mountain Fund Projects
The Mountain Fund and its global network of partners span every corner of the globe eliminating poverty in mountain regions. The Mountain Fund aims to create healthy, vibrant mountain communities where people have access to healthcare, education and economic opportunity in an environment where human rights are valued and respected. To achieve this goal, we sponsor community-based initiatives that prioritize respect for the local culture and the environment.
Safe, not Sorry. Stop women trafficking in Nepal
As many as 15,000 women and girls including 500 children are trafficked in a year
Every year women in Nepal are trafficked when they seek employment. Job brokers and agents mostly target young and vulnerable girls in poor financial conditions. Increasingly social media is being used to recruit women for fake jobs.
Trek Medical Kit for Sherpas
The TrekMedKit is developed to provide local guides, climbers and trekkers clear easy to understand
www.TrekMedKit.org = Cheap Medical Kits for Sherpas, Trekkers and Climber : The TrekMedKit is developed to provide Sherpas, local guides, climbers and trekkers clear easy to understand instructions and pictures in Nepalese, English, and Chinese and a supply of first-aid medications and supplies to treat the symptoms of mountain related illness, all at a very affordable price. Trek Med Kit has been developed and peer reviewed by a team of Nepalese and International Doctors over a 10 year period. Many lives can be saved when many mountain visitors and residents carry a comprehensive supply of medicines and supplies with clear concise instructions in their own language.
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Her Farm Films a media training program for women in Nepal
21st Century Skill Training for Women and a Community for Creative Women
Her Farm Films offers photography and filmmaking training to women and a collaborative experience that enables women photographers to share their work with other women. Our website www.herfarmfilms.com is a social network where online courses in photography and filmmaking are offered and where women can meet in a private online community, share their work and colloborate with other women interested in photography and filmmaking.
Women's Outdoor Education Nepal
Train women for well-paid jobs as rafting guides and trekking guides
Project LifeTrek wants to change the patriarchal society of Nepal and work for more gender equality that women deserve. Everyone should have the right to make their own choices that make them feel happy. Our mission is to empower, motivate and encourage women and young girls. We like to see them choose their path and start working in outdoor adventures by providing them with the necessary skills. Those skills will give them opportunities to chase their dreams and defy the barriers that stand in their ways.
Mount Everest Toilet Problem
MOUNT EVEREST, OUR PLANET’S HIGHEST PLACE, SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF PRISTINE, NATURAL BEAUTY
With so many visitors each year and so many expeditions on the mountain, keeping the environment clean has become a pressing issue. Human waste now poses a serious health risk to locals. “When water seeps through the ground, it looks clean because it’s filtered through the soil. But it has a lot of pathogens due to human waste, which makes it unsafe for the local community,” says Mike Marsolek, associate professor at Seattle University, who is working on the project jointly with Bed Mani Dahal of Kathmandu University.
The idea to find a solution was first conceived around a decade ago. Dan Mazur, a Hillary Medal recipient and a mountain guide who leads expeditions up Everest, was all too aware of the impending problem, ever since commercial expeditions took off in the early ’90s. According to The Himalayan Database, while there were 77 successful ascents between 1985 and 1989, that figure escalated to 634 in 2015-17. Add to that the expedition support staff, and Everest sees a civilisation at base camp during the climbing season each year. Mazur got together with Garry Porter from Engineers Without Borders to conceptualize a biodigester that could convert the human waste into methane gas, which could be used by the local community for cooking.
The Everest Biogas Project has received the endorsement of the UIAA Mountain Protection Award, has been featured in The Economist, on CNN, in the Washington Post, and on Thurston Talks. After extensive research and perfection of the design, the Biogas team are fully engaged in raising awareness of, and funds for construction of the facility near Everest Base Camp in 2019. Please give generously to help deal with harmful impacts of untreated waste on Everest, and please share this appeal with all of your family, colleagues and friends Need more information? Please read down further and contact info@MountEverestFoundation.org . Website: www.CleaningUpMountEverest.org
