Talking Points for Rotary and other people

Ladies, here are some basic talking points that you should go over in your head for when you are talking to folks about the trip—especially if you are going to a Rotary meeting this week!

These facts will also be useful for building those publicity pieces we need ASAP: a postcard handout and a flyer. Elizabeth is working on them now until about 1pm, and then I’ll be finishing them up this afternoon after my class (after 2:30pm).

About the Course

·         7 Female SNC Students, ages 19 to 22

·         7,467 miles between Simikot, Nepal and Incline Village

·         15 days walking to villages that can only be reached by foot.

·         Students will:

·         Trek more than 200 miles and cross three mountain passes at 11, 13, and 14,000 feet.

·         deliver safe motherhood birth kits, pre/post natal vitamins, and school pencils

·         Investigate restoration issues on location at medieval Buddhist monasteries.

·         Observe a traditional Nepali celebration of the birth of Buddha.

·         Earn 6 SNC college credits at a reduced tuition price.

·         In partnership with the Bodhi Tree Foundation, with support from local Rotary clubs.

·         Students are fundraising to offset their expenses, which are approximately $9,000 per person.

About Humla, Nepal

·         A very remote Himalayan region where residents subsist on basic agricultural and nomadic herding practices.

·         Residents practice a blend of Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism.

·         Literacy Rates: 5% female, 28% male.

·         Infant mortality rates are 8.1% (as opposed to 3.8% in Nepal generally and 0.7% in the U.S.).

·         12 women and 75 babies die during childbirth every day.

·         1 doctor per 46,000 people, more than 4 days walk for many.

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