West Nepal is one of the least developed places in the world and desperately needs support. It’s home to the country’s most vulnerable people, more than half of them living in poverty. Almost two thirds of children under five are malnourished.
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Empowering children through education is the best chance the people have to develop their lives, but until lifestyle, communication and transportation are improved, it won’t be possible to educate children in the villages.
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We have a goal to improve communications in the villages so that children can video chat with their parents during their years at school.
In the long term, we would like to help village conditions improve to the point that teachers will want to live there and therefore educating children in the villages will be possible.
West Nepal is one of the least developed places in the world and desperately needs support. It’s home to the country’s most vulnerable people, more than half of them living in poverty. Almost two thirds of children under five are malnourished.
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Empowering children through education is the best chance the people have to develop their lives, but until lifestyle, communication and transportation are improved, it won’t be possible to educate children in the villages.
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We have a goal to improve communications in the villages so that children can video chat with their parents during their years at school.
In the long term, we would like to help village conditions improve to the point that teachers will want to live there and therefore educating children in the villages will be possible.
ABOUT US
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ABOUT US
Snowland Journeys was founded by Zara Balfour to offer sustainable long-term support to the children, school and mountain families who she got to know whilst she was in Nepal making
award-winning feature documentary film,
Children of the Snow Land.
Outdoor learning and expedition expert Phil Briggs
joined Zara and together they developed the concept for Snowland Journeys, always working with the beneficiaries to ensure a needs-led programme of support, to help enable Himalayan children to fulfil their rights to maintain contact with their families, communities and culture, alongside their right to education.
Read more about the work Snowland Journeys does.
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OUR STRUCTURE
Micaela Blitz
Marketing Manager
Snowland Journeys is a Community Interest Company (CIC), limited by guarantee without share capital with charitable aims.
Snowland Journeys CIC is governed by its Articles of Association which ensures that its profits and assets are used to enable the communities it was established to support.
Tax Relief
Franziska Thomas
Fundraising Manager
You can claim Gift Aid Tax Relief on donations to Snowland Journeys at our Localgiving page.
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You can claim Social Investment Tax Relief on investments into Snowland Journeys. Contact us for details.
OUR TEAM
UNITED KINGDOM
Zara Balfour
CEO
Paul Zabihi
Lead Digital Designer & UX/UI
Phil Briggs
Director of Operations
Franziska Thomas
Fundraising Manager
Micaela Blitz
Marketing Manager
Consuela McKenzie Creative Strategy Consultant
NEPAL
Nima Gurung
Graduate Trainee Guide
Ram Sundar Thapa
Nepal Operations Manager
Kumar Lama
Expedition Guide
Tsering Diki
Graduate
Zin Pa Gyaltsen Budha
Graduate
Jeewan Mahatara
Graduate Trainee Guide
