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Raleigh Nepal Expedition 18c (feb-apr 2018)

To know  more about  the expedition program go to Raleigh site . This blog will just give you the overview about the expedition experience from the volunteer point’s of view.

Some general FAQ regarding this expedition.

_ 10 weeks or 7 weeks.

_ 3 Phases 

_ 1st phase (community phase) -19 days

_ 2nd phase (trek phase) -19 days

_ 3rd phase (community phase) - 19 days

_ WASH PROGRAM.

_ I was in 10 weeks program so at first i was called in the country office where there were all the volunteer’s including the volunteer manager for expedition program’s to kick off.

_ All the volunteer’s after the gathering which includes both the host and int’l volunteer was moved on the training site at Dhading (RIMS BAIRENI ).

_ At RIMS, we spend around 3 nights and 4 days where there were lot’s of info session held regarding the expedition program, placed where we were about to spend the upcoming days in community, what sort of work we were going to do, Olympics ( Raleigh Olympics ), energizer, cultural show, fun activities, info regarding health and safety measures (CASEVAC and MEDIVAC). And, yeah all the volunteer’s group were divided in the name of NE1, NE2, NE3, NE4.

NE 1 - SHREE KRISHNA TOLE

NE 2 - BENITAR

NE 3 - SAYAMURE

NE 4 - RAMPUR 

If you are the one from this cycle and want to know who were in the NE team click this part.

_ I won’t be writing about the community phase and trek phase because it’s better not to know about the this experience with other’s point of view. Personally, it was great experience on both the community phase and trek phase. But wait, i will write what sort of things we did on community phase.

COMMUNITY PHASE 

_Generally, there are around three section where you can get involved in the community phase which are as follows:

 Community Awareness

 Community Development

  Infrastructure    

But, you can have all the part covered as per your wish and mutual interest and understanding in the team . You can guess what sort of work is to be done by the section names.

_ VM’s lead the first 1-2 days followed by the leaders chosen among the volunteers . Here, you are exposed to the leading the group on your own with your co-leader. You tend to receive the support from the VM’s as per you need.

Note: VM ( volunteer manager )

_Some work regarding WASH includes: baseline survey, digging pit for toilet, digging trenches for transmission line, digging trenches for distribution line, building hand washing stations, lot’s of social awareness programs related to the hand washing session, personal hygiene , menstrual hygiene, forming and helping the locals to form the groups of youth, women, carry out the session with locals and so on .

_Dry program ( No consumption of alcohol or drugs )

_ Smoking cigarette is acceptable under certain term’s and condition.

TREK PHASE

_This is what you are here don’t lie.

_When you finishes the first phase in community you are then bring to training site (RIMS) again as a part of changeover phase where you spend 2 days and also you are given info regarding trekking , info about building tents , tips about carrying bag pack, you need to carry around on average of 15 kg of load on your back. If you are more generous and helpful in nature you might carry additional loads to from your trek mate or group kit. Distribution of group kit is done accordance to the mutual understanding between the group’s member.

_Formation of new group is done again in this phase where you might have some familiar face from the community phase with some additional people known as trek guide. 

_In this phase ,VM leads for first 1-2 days and after that volunteer is given a chance to lead the group singly as a daily leader who leads for a day. It is he/she who decide when to start the day and decide the task relating taking  rest, energizer. Apart from that it the responsible  of the  volunteer to decide about what to cook, fill out the Jerry can  for drinking water purpose, washing all the  group kit and so on.

_ You will be camping around the villages field, school grounds, church grounds, some forest areas during the trek. 

SOME EXPERIENCE REGARDING TREK

’To decide which is the appropriate place to build up the tent with your tent partner at the camping site is the toughest task during the trek’ -  Anonymous

‘Not suffering from DNV during the trek,open defecation at certain point during the trek and blocking the toilet with toilet roll was fun to do’ - Anonymous

‘Murdering chickens,pigs , searching firewood, hunting down the doughnuts, cheesy rings, smoking cigarette , showering daily (not daily ), loosing teeth, enjoying the  breath taking views of mountains, hills, village, streams, people, stressed out with some group members F**K was lots of fun ’ - anonymous group probably.

‘i think i found my dream girl in this trek ‘ -anonymous

‘I've  never ate food with my hands ( no spoon ) , and to eat the food with my hand only had made me think broad aspects of hands to be utilized’- Anonymous

‘what the heck’-anonymous

‘She is the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen in my entire life but i won’t tell her ‘ - anonymous

‘what the crack’-anonymous

 For this cycle check out this link for trek experience from more experienced blog writer.

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