Charities and Challenges (C&C) is the Responsible Travel Division of the adventure travel company Sherpa Trekking Service (STS) based in Nepal. C&C was established in 2007 by the CEO of the company, Miss Kesang Doma Sherpa. A firm believer in the benefits of Responsible Travel, she wished to add a charitable, philanthropic aspect to normal backpacking holidays to Nepal.
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Located in the picturesque Manaslu Region of Nepal, Singla Village needs some basic support
The Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center (SIRC) has been in operation since 2002
This Charity Trek is in benefit of the Bio-Gas Project at the Arya Tara School in Pharping. The school provides free boarding, food and secular education to 50 young Buddhist nuns who come from the most impoverished regions in Nepal.
Some of the villages like Singla in the very picturesque but impoverished Manaslu Region of Nepal need basic support for its school. The organization “Friends of Singla” (FOS) is active in improving the quality of life and opportunities for the residents of Singla village, which comprises about 200 households. There are over 190 children but classrooms are unorganized and children of mixed ages have to study together, and there are no facilities such as libraries or reading rooms.
Our clients and guests who come to visit Nepal usually have to travel thousands of miles by air to get here. We want to do our bit to help offset their carbon footprint by planting trees initially around Kathmandu and later on in some of the trekking regions. Starting July of 2009, we will plant a batch of 50 trees for the first 50 participants of the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) Conference which takes place November 16-19, 2009. All costs related to pre-planting, planting and post-planting maintenance will be borne by us. [Read More]
Supporter of most of our local charity partners in Nepal, Ms. Therese
Baenziger donated NRS. 15,000 to the Arya Tara Foundation and NRS 50,000 to the
Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Center (SIRC)
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C&C successfully initiated two separate exploratory Charity Treks in support of Singla, a village in Lower Manaslu Region of Nepal. Ms. Dagmar Boltersdorf from Germany and Ms. Georgina Hobbs went on these treks.
"The C&C Manaslu Pioneer Singla Trek was different from all the treks I made in Nepal in the past. I hiked through pretty rural villages, barley fields and forests encountering the local people and spending the nights in local homes. There were no crowds of westerners on the trails or in the lodges. But I shared the paths with villagers, men and women, their dokos (bamboo carry-all baskets that Nepalis use for carrying essentials) loaded with wood, food or materials for trade, school children, and mule caravans." says, Dagmar Boltersdorf, one of the participants who went on the exploratory charity trek to Lower Manaslu. Read More about Dagmar's experience on the Lower Manaslu Charity Trek to help Singla Village
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Charities and Challenges from Nepal (C&C) was found by the World Travel
Market Organization’s World Responsible
