Similar Struggle Forges a New Bond across the World

The Amazon rainforest isn't the only place where youth lack opportunity and options.

Throughout the developing world - where more than a billion people live on less than a dollar a day - young people face incredible challenges. Rural Nepal is one place that exemplifies how difficult it can be to break out of the cycle of poverty. Villages are often extremely isolated and lack many of the things we take for granted, such as electricity, running water, grocery stores, and banks. In many cases, the nearest sizable town is many days away on foot. Most families scrape by through subsistence agriculture, living much as they have for hundreds of years. It is becoming increasingly difficult to make ends meet solely through farming, and in many villages most of the working-age men have left for the cities in search of jobs.

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Join us as we celebrate the Nepali New Year, share snacks and tea, and learn about how we can help create more opportunities for youth not just in Nepal, but around the world. Everyone is welcome, so invite your friends!

When: Friday, April 25, 2008 from 7pm – 8:30pm
Where: REI Seattle Flagship/ 222 Yale Avenue North/ Seattle, WA 98109

The camp will bring together 25 young adults from rural areas, help them develop leadership skills, and give them tools and skills they can bring back to their communities and use to bring about positive change. The camp's focus on teaching young leaders how they can envision and manage community development projects in their own villages is definitely in line with CEN's mission of empowering rural communities around the world.

Space is limited so please RSVP today by e-mailing Kristin Wieben

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