At least twice a year, "The Mountain Fund" travels to Peru. And during the past six years, we've had the pleasure of forming a personal friendship with our Peruvian guide, Yure Chavez. Yure has been guiding in Peru for over twelve years, and we highly recommend him for your trips to Peru.
In addition to conventional tours, he's led customized tours with tailor-made iteneraries, such as adventure, ecotourism, and bird watching. He's worked with a lot of American tourists, and can answer any of your travel related questions and concerns - including safety and health issues, best restaurants, etc.
Yure says: "Without ever compromising your safety and comfort, I'll take you well off the tourist paths into the real Peru, the country I know inside-out!"
Yure has the advantage of his in-depth knowledge about Peru, which comes from first-hand experiences of being a life-long native of Peru. He was born in Cusco, where he went to the University for five years to be licensed in tourism. His spoken and written English is excellent, and he's a terrific communicator. He also speaks Spanish, Quechua (local Peruvian language), and French.
Yure's got a great sense of humor, and is very involved with Andean Anthropological Studies (costumes, traditions and social customs). He's also got a real passion for helping his fellow Peruvians and giving back to his community. And, as program manager for "Peru Trek4Good", he donates a percentage of his profits to our Peru-based micro-finance program called Aynikuy. In Quechua, "Aynikuy" means to help each other or to cooperate.
We encourage you to visit Yure's blogspot and read more about his tours in Peru!
LNK: http://yurechavez.blogspot.com/
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Medical Camp Moves Mountains in Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Oct 28, 2007
The October 11-24, 2007 "Moving Medical Camp", organized by The Mountain Fund , served over 1000 patients in seven villages.
The 25 member charity trek which is composed of US, UK and Nepali Doctors and Nurses, as well as Nepali translators, visited 7 villages in the remote Rasuwa District on the Tibetan border, and just finished giving free medical care to over 1000 indigenous Tamang inhabitants of the area.
The medical volunteers included OBGYN, Pediatric, Optometric and General Medicine practioneers. Over 225 eye patients received glasses and vision assistance. (A more detailed report will follow this press release.)
Our medical volunteers were: Michael Falcone, Dr. Beth-Hall Thompson, Tu Mach, Dr. Dorothy Kammerer-Doak, Susie Rivard-Dibenedetto, Shelly Ogle, David Diaz, Robert Doak, Lindsey Mahlstedt, Ann McCollum, Kerry Flint, Christina Quack, Peter Korpi, Katie Korpi, Puskar Gurung, Sudhir Lama, Dr. Alish Prajapati, Teja Raut, Sudha Dhungana, Kopila Lama, Phurbu Tamang, Dipendra Shrestha, Dipendra Lama, Nima Tamang and Jimyang Lama. Special thanks to Dr. Alish Prajapati who was our official medical host from Nepal.
Much thanks to Mountain Hardwear for the Space Stations that were used as portable clinic buildings and Phillips Environmental for the PETT toilet systems.
About The Mountain Fund:
Our mission is to eliminate poverty, its causes and symptoms, in developing mountain communities around the world.
Website: http://www.mountainfund.org
The Mountain Fund
Scott MacLennan
email: mtnfund@mountainfund.org
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