Kathmandu Nepal October 22nd

Hello everyone,

The Pangea travelers in Nepal are Sydney Munger, Walt Adam, and Linda Mason. We are also joined by Pam Elardo and Alice from Living Earth Institute. We arrived in Kathmandu on the afternoon of the 20th and met with Maiti Nepal within minutes of arriving at the airport. Maiti is an amazing organization focused on the prevention of trafficking and the support of the those who they have rescued. The next day we were met at the hotel by ASHA Nepal, a small NGO working to empower women in Nepal. We had the privilege of meeting with a women's group in their village about 45 minutes outside of Kathmandu. We saw some beautiful countryside and more importantly met some very strong hardworking beautiful women who are being supported by ASHA Nepal. We were very impressed by this group and feel that it is a very good fit with Pangea.

Today October 22nd we visited with a very small NGO with called Nepal Children's Education Fund. They provide scholarships for very needy students. We visited with a few students and met two program leaders. The program is all volunteer labor who serve with a great deal of compassion and passion. Again this is an organization for which Pangea could make a very large difference.

This afternoon in just about an hour we will be met by Olga Murray the founder of Nepal Youth opportunitiy foundation. We will visit one of their schools. More on NYOF later.

Tomorrow we all leave Kathmandu with Dibya and his wife Meera who are the Kathmandu leaders of LEI. They have very kindly and graciously arranged for a 5 day journey through the Terai region of Nepal to visit Sahamatie and two LEI projects. We also hope to meet with Support Nepal in Janakpur.

Hopefully we will have access to the internet along the way.

We are all well and happy and looking forward to our road trip!

Take care. More later.

Sydney