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Founded in 2005, the Mountain Fund aims to create healthy, vibrant mountain communities where people have access to healthcare, education and economic opportunity in an environment where human rights are valued and respected. To achieve this goal, we sponsor community-based initiatives that prioritize respect for the local culture and the environment.
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Nepal
The Mountain Volunteer: Administrational and Organizational Placements
Nepal: Kathmandu
Many Nepali organizations face difficulty attracting professionals with experience in organization, marketing, fundraising, writing grant applications, etc. These placements differ widely depending on your skills and professional background. Please s...
The Mountain Volunteer: At-risk Children
Nepal: Kathmandu
Thousands of children live on the very edge of society in Nepal. Some have only one parent, some are living in the worst imaginable slum areas and many would be left at home alone all day if not for the efforts of the organizations we support. Kids f...
The Mountain Volunteer: Combination Placements
Nepal: Kathmandu
Many volunteers find that they wish to take up an extra part-time placement when they arrive in Nepal. This is particularly true for volunteers at children's homes, who find their mornings and early afternoons empty when the children are in school, o...
The Mountain Volunteer: Medical Internship
Nepal: Kathmandu
During this month-long program you will make daily rounds with a Nepali doctor, participate in all phases of the hospital operations and even scrub-in to observe surgical procedures. There will be lectures from the Doctors who are dedicated to teachi...
The Mountain Volunteer: Pre Med Program
Nepal: Kathmandu
An exciting opportunity to observe all facets of medicine in a Kathmandu Hospital with English-speaking doctors. You will get experience in x-ray, laboratory, dental, eyecare, emergency, pre and post-operative, OB/GYN and the surgical theatre. Make d...
The Mountain Volunteer: Refugees, Himalayan Ethnic Minorities and Women
Nepal: Kathmandu
The Tibetan minority in Nepal face numerous obstacles in their daily life, ranging from poverty and low literacy levels to discrimination and legal uncertainty. Many do not have a residence card, which restricts their daily life to the extent where t...
The Mountain Volunteer: Teaching English
Nepal: Kathmandu
We have many different opportunities for teaching English, with the possibility of combining teaching at several places or with volunteering in an orphanage or at a day-care center. Our teaching placements include adult teaching to mainly Tibetan ref...
The Mountain Volunteer: Women's Rights
Nepal: Kathmandu
Marriage comes early in Nepal. Women born in the late 1970s married at a median age of 16. And motherhood is particularly dangerous. Nepal is the "deadliest place in the world to give birth outside Afghanistan and a clutch of countries in sub-Saharan...