West Nepal is one of the least developed places in the world and desperately needs support. It’s home to the country’s most vulnerable people, more than half of them living in poverty. Almost two thirds of children under five are malnourished.
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Empowering children through education is the best chance the people have to develop their lives, but until lifestyle, communication and transportation are improved, it won’t be possible to educate children in the villages.
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We have a goal to improve communications in the villages so that children can video chat with their parents during their years at school.
In the long term, we would like to help village conditions improve to the point that teachers will want to live there and therefore educating children in the villages will be possible.
West Nepal is one of the least developed places in the world and desperately needs support. It’s home to the country’s most vulnerable people, more than half of them living in poverty. Almost two thirds of children under five are malnourished.
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Empowering children through education is the best chance the people have to develop their lives, but until lifestyle, communication and transportation are improved, it won’t be possible to educate children in the villages.
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We have a goal to improve communications in the villages so that children can video chat with their parents during their years at school.
In the long term, we would like to help village conditions improve to the point that teachers will want to live there and therefore educating children in the villages will be possible.
ABOUT US
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EMPOWERING LIVES
Snowland Journeys is a non-profit organisation which facilitates reintegration of Himalayan children, helps them maintain contact with
their families, alongside their right to education,
and develops livelihoods for mountain communities.
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Snowland Journeys also provides educational experiences and mental health support for young people in the UK, as well as regenerative travel expeditions.
Himalayan families face an impossible choice for their children:
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WITH FAMILY BUT WITHOUT FUTURE
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EDUCATED BUT WITHOUT FAMILY
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Many Himalayan children are sent away by their parents at age 4 - 6 years old for education in the city.
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Without support, they will never see their families again.
Education & Family
Snowland Journeys:
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Reintegrate young people with their families,
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Support and mentor young people in education in both Nepal and the UK,
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Provide sustainable development opportunities.
"Inspiring and rewarding,
would change anyone's life."
Our treks enable our reintegration programme for young people to reconnect with their parents for the first time in
12 years.
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By joining this meaningful travel experience you will helping to financially enable young people, aged 16 - 18 years old, to reintegrate with their families in some of the most remote villages in the world.
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You'll be trekking in the footsteps of the stars of
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Life-changing experiences for Himalayan people and
trekkers alike.
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The children, journeys and communities we support are featured in the award-winning documentary film, Children of the Snow Land.
Our Projects
Our programme of support to empower Himalayan people is enabled by individual and corporate donations.
Read more about what we do here.
Trekkers and Schools can also help to enable our work
by taking part in the unique experiences we offer.
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Join an Expedition
EXPEDITIONS
TREKKING
RECONNECTING FAMILIES THROUGH YOUR ADVENTURE
Snowland Journeys offers you the exclusive opportunity to become part of a unique experience.
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Responsible travellers can join our expeditions which enable young people to journey home when they graduate school aged 16-18 years old.
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Join a meaningful experience enabling young people to be reunited with their parents after 12 years being educated away from home.
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These important family reunions are made possible by you financially enabling their journey.
What do the young people experience?
"On the journey I got my mother's love and realised what she sacrificed for me."
How You Can Support Us
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OUR PATRON
JOANNA LUMLEY
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OBE, FRGS
Joanna has graciously agreed to become Patron of Snowland Journeys. She has a long association and interest in Nepal and its people inspired by her father's service as an officer in 6th Gurkha Rifles.
Joanna says:
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I went to boarding school; but I was eight, and I came home for the holidays and therefore was with my family as I turned from being a little child into a teenager. Imagine not seeing your parents and home for 12 years! The remote mountain villages in Nepal are notoriously difficult to get to; and yet imagine the black and white choice between home life or being educated miles away.
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OUR PATRON
