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Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to travel to Nepal on October 1 - 15 2010 for the ISIS Trek for Kids to raise funds for The ISIS Foundation for Kathmandu Kids Club. Along with my fourteen team members, I have been training hard to prepare for our goal of completing a grueling 8 day day trek through the high altitude, remote and rugged region of Humla in northwestern Nepal where The ISIS Foundation supports projects benefitting Nepali women and children in serious need.
Our team is hoping to raise a total of $200,000 in sponsorship to support the work of The ISIS Foundation. In Humla communities so remote that the nearest road is a 21 day walk, The ISIS Foundation supports projects that deliver clean water, solar light, smokeless stoves and sanitary latrines to remote villages, provide local traveling doctors services to thousands who would otherwise receive not medical care, and develop educational resources such as teacher training and housing as well as intitiatives to encourage families to enroll their children particularly girls in school. In the capital, Kathmandu, The ISIS Foundation raises and educates in safe and supportive group homes 139 formerly trafficked and abandoned children and youth. Since every pound goes so far in Nepal, your donation can produce enormous positive impact. For example, one 50kg bag of cement that can build three sanitary pit latrines ensuring families clean water, costs approximately 35 GBP. One full year’s salary for a tertiary qualified school teacher to work at a community school, costs approximately 1,092 GBP.
Please consider pledging your support to help me and Kathmandu Kids Club reach this goal. Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Just Giving safeguards your details, never selling them to third parties or sending you unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to The ISIS Foundation and if you are a UK tax payer, they make sure an extra 28% of every eligible donation is reclaimed through GIft Aid. So please dig deep and donate now to help us "Trek for Kids!"
Many thanks for your support! Judith
Many thanks for your support! Judith