Education

     Education is the key to building healthy communities. Beyond math or reading, it instills critical thought and the desire to understand and question the surrounding world.

     From first aid training to school restoration, The Mountain Fund is helping to promote learning opportunities in mountain areas. By empowering communities through education, mountain citizens can actively participate in political dialogues that affect their wellbeing. It also improves their job skills, which in turn, foster economic expansion in these areas. The Mountain Fund believes strongly in investment, rather than charity; by investing in a community’s education, its people can have greater control over policy development.

The Gerard McDonnell Memorial Fund
	Pakistan: The Gerard McDonnell Memorial Fund provides training in first aid and safe climbing technique for high altitude porters in the Karakorum. A component of the fund is sponsorship for the children of Jehan Baig, Karim Meherban, Jumic Bhote and Pasang Bhote , four high altitude porters who perished on K2 in 2008. Funding Need: $5,000 USD View Project Details...

The Langtang Area Porter Support Program
	Helping clothe the porters of the Langtang Trail in Nepal. Funding Need: $3,000 USD View Project Details...

The Mosqoy Foundation
	Peru: The Mosqoy Foundation is a charitable organization working to bridge cross-cultural gaps between North America and Peru. Our goal is to provide one year of housing and tuition for five students. Funding Need: $2,400 USD View Project Details...

Orphan Help Center - Nepal

Nepal: Established in August 2004, the orphanage cares for Nepalese village children whose parents have either passed away, disappeared or are too poor to feed and educate them. At this time, the orphanage is home to 10 children. In a country where there is no social security and the political situation is highly controversial, OHC provides a unique opportunity for orphans to be educated at a private school and to be loved and cared for in a small, family-like environment. Funding Need: $3,000 USD View Project Details...

Thulo Syabru School Restoration

Nepal: The school restoration project is really an incredible story. This school sat on ground that was about fifteen feet higher than surrounding buildings. As a result, the soil was continuously eroding away from the structure and following every rainy season the villagers had to work hard to reverse the erosion damage. In a display of unbelievable tenacity, the village raised the money for a new school then took apart the old school stone by stone and removed fifteen feet of earth to create a level site on which to build a new school. Funding Need: $4,000 USD View Project Details...