Friends, I am about to start one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences in my life and I would like to ask for your help.
Last week I was accepted to volunteer to teach English to elementary and high school children in the foothills of the Himalayas in Annapurna, Nepal. I’ll be working with a non-profit organization committed to raising the educational standards of school age children in this part of the world: “Trek To Teach.” This organization has already established teaching programs in 6 communities and will kick off programs in several more communities in 2016. It’s also raising money to rebuild schools that were devastated by the earthquake in Nepal last April.
But I can’t handle this teaching venture on my own, I need your help. I need to raise $9,000 US to fund my three-month journey. This money will pay for my teaching expenses. It will go to pay for my travel to Kathmandu and Annapurna. It will pay for my basic living expenses during my stay in Nepal. “Trek To Teach” will use some of this money to pay for curriculum materials and teaching supplies.
I’m asking you to contribute whatever you can to help cover my out-of-pocket expenses. You can be assured that your contribution is helping to make a material difference in the lives of hundreds of school age children who simply would not have the opportunity to learn English from a native English speaker otherwise. And, of course, it will help me have one of the most thrilling experiences in my life.
Please watch this short video to learn more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx6yqlecbyY
Thanks in advance for your help.
Jan
Photo Credit
Photo is from Trek To Teach – All Rights Reserved
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Michell, Many thanks for your kind words.
I was scheduled to fly to Kathmandu on April 10 this year. I didn’t go. Five days earlier, on Apri 5, I had a heart attack in Bangkok. I stayed at the Mission Hospital in Bangkok for three days and escaped with my life and health thanks to the fine medical professionals at that hospital. I came back to Canada toward the end of April. Fully recovered now, I am ready to go back to Asia and back to Nepal to teach the students in western Nepal as I had planned to do 5 months ago.
Thanks again for your support,
Jan
jan@janwall.biz
Jan,
What a wonderful adventure! I will contribute when I get paid. I am 55yo returning back to school and desiring a degree in Global studies and to bridge to my RN. Presently I am an LPN. I am so excited to have run across your site