After our group came together at the airport, we made our way to cross the border to Tijuana. We ate dinner with our NGO partners, Alex and Maria, and we got to see the Madres y Familias deportadas office. Maria showed us what she does, and how she helps people who come to the office...
Over the past five days or so, we’ve been working at the Himalayan Hope Home; lugging bricks up four flights of stairs, shoveling sand to make concrete, and getting to know the amazing girls who live there. These girls are orphans, mostly from Solukhumbu, and range in age from five to fifteen years old. We’ve...
Today was a day of firsts including our first morning waking up in our homestay. Our alarm clock has taken on a new sound of roosters, cows and early rising villagers. We gathered as a group to share a breakfast of rice and eggs to prepare for our first day of work. Not to worry,...