Wor ld Expeditions – 14-da y Rebuild Nepa l – Manedanda &Annapurna

The 14-day Rebuild Nepal – Manedanda School & Annapurna trek, departing 1 November 2020, is part of the Rebuild

Nepal series, which World Expeditions has operated since the devastating earthquakes of April 2015. The series has seen the World Expeditions Foundation (WEF), with the assistance of travellers around the world and local tradespeople, rebuild classrooms in four remote mountain communities (to the value of AU$200,000). WEF funds the costs associated with the project and relies on volunteer labour of travellers to work alongside the paid local tradespeople. This itinerary sees travellers take part in a three-day community project working alongside locals to rebuild the kindergarten and school, and a six-day trek in the Annapurna region. No specific skills are required of the travellers, just a commitment to assist at the worksite for six to eight hours over the course of three days.

The project will see travellers help construct two rooms at the Manedanda Primary School, a Thami community which is an indigenous highly marginalised community within Charikot. The extra rooms will be used for the school’s office and kitchen/ store, with the extra space to allow for more hygienic food preparation and classrooms more conducive to learning. Travellers will also have the chance to gain insights into the Nepali mountain culture by working collaboratively with the community and transferring skills. USD$500 has been included in the trip cost and will be directed to the cost of the project work, including the purchase of materials and the transportation of the materials to Lura, as well as the wages of a local trades person to oversee the project work.