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With the help of our local Nepalese tour leaders and our Tibetan guides, our passengers really can gain firsthand insight into the Nepal and Tibet they are travelling through and benefit from their knowledge on places to eat and stay which best support the local people.
The Kathmandu Environmental Education project (KEEP), is a very local and interesting Nepalese NGO that groups can organise to visit with their Nepalese tour leader. It offers training and courses on nature conservation to Nepalese people, basic English to trekking guides, first aid and eco trekking workshops. It has a part to play in the conservation of Nepal’s ecology and culture, and we are happy to give support to this project.
While in Tibet, many of our passengers take up the option of visiting the Braille without Borders centre in Lhasa and view it as a highlight of their trip. Tibet has one of the highest incidences of blindness in the world and the centre provides a school for children and produces educational materials and vocational training programs, with the aim of integration and acceptance of the blind into the community. You can go and listen to the stories of those who attend the school or perhaps organise a massage from one the graduates of its vocational massage courses.
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