Trek4Good

  Nepal

• Kathmandu: 
Kathmandu
• Pokhara: 
Pokhara

  Peru

• Cusco: 
Cusco
• Lima: 
Lima
• All Other Areas in Peru: 
Ollantaytambo

Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks
Dates: 2008

Description: The Mountain Fund's program, Trek4Good, offers medical treks into the remote villages of Nepal and Peru.

You, the volunteer, pay for your trip. You'll offer free medical care to the local villagers. We provide the medical supplies, and they are also free to the patients. Our treks include our own cook.

It's not all work - we tour some of the beautiful countryside of Nepal and visit Machu Picchu when in Peru.

Please contact us for more information.

Highlights: NEPAL: While in Nepal, we will trek deep into the countryside along the Tamang Heritage Trail. You'll also see some of the beautiful sites around Kathmandu. Our trip includes all of your in-country expenses such as hotel, food, tents, etc. We do not provide air transport to Kathmandu.

PERU: Not far from Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, The Mountain Fund's partner, Reach Out Children's Fund, has been key in improving education and educational facilities to the 250 student attending the Huilloc school. Recently, we were informed of the dire medical needs of these children. In July 2008, The Mountain Fund will host a trip to Peru to offer medical care and assistance to these children. The 16 day trip includes a tour of the Inca sites, including Machu Picchu.

Qualifications: We are seeking volunteers who are physically fit and able to travel on a multi-day trekking excursion.
We are also seeking volunteers who have medical experience.

Cost in US$: 2500.00

NEPAL: Cost of this trip is only $1,900 and includes virtually all of your in-country expenses such as hotels, transportation, food, tents, etc. Airfare to Nepal is not included.

We DO NOT provide travel insurance or life insurance. We DO provide medical insurance. Your trip fee includes travel medical insurance, provided by TravMed Abroad. This plan offers $100,000 coverage for unexpected medical emergencies with only a $25 deductible.

Please note, as we publish our prices well in advance, we may occasionally be faced with significant cost increases due to factors over which we have no control. As such, we reserve the right to impose surcharges (or price decreases) up to 2 days before departure due to increases in trek permits (entrance fee), unfavorable exchange rates, increases in train fares or other transport costs, taxes, or if government action should require us to do so.

Experience Required: yes

Basic medical training would be beneficial, but not mandatory.

Typical Volunteer: The average volunteer for The Mountain Fund and Trek4Good: is physically fit, is a beginning to advanced trekker, has basic medical training (this is useful but not mandatory), cares about humanity.

Age Range: 18+

This Program is open to World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 12-14

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Resume
• Written Application

The Mountain Fund's Mission Statement: Our mission is to organize grassroots non-profit and non-governmental organizations from a diversity of disciplines, and to support and coordinate these organizations' efforts to eliminate poverty, its causes and symptoms, in developing mountain communities around the world.

Year Founded: 2002