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A report of a friend who participated in the Trek
Friends -
as many of you know, about 18 months ago I participated in a "charitable trek" in the mountains of Nepal...the trek was organized by my good friend Kira Kay who is also the founder of an organization in Nepal called Hands with Hands ( www.handswithhands.org).
While young, the organization has been impactful and is responsible for a number of wonderful initiatives in Nepal - on this trek we visited both self-sustaining orphanages that they have set up as well as rural villages where microfinance projects are well underway.
I found Nepal to be a majestic place on many levels and my overall experience there was deeply profound, moving, and inspirational. I had never been so close to such abject levels of poverty - meeting people who lived in such basic ways and feeling their joy for life was truly life-changing.
Love, Jay
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