Mail by Runner 166: Field Notes from Solukhumbu

This is a shorter Mail by Runner than usual. Mostly photos.

Alexander is in Solukhumbu right now, partway through a monitoring visit across the schools we work with. He's been on the ground since the 1st of May, and back in NZ later in the month. By the time this lands on Sunday, he's somewhere between Junbesi and Phaplu, having worked his way up through Chheskam, Bung, Sotang and Waku over the past week.

The route covers a couple of dozen schools in total: basic schools, secondaries, the Centres of Excellence, a few of the new computer labs, and a menstrual health session at Hulu. Most days are a school in the morning, another in the afternoon, and a stretch of road or trail in between. He's sending photos through when the signal allows.

A few of them below.

Alexander will have a proper debrief when he's home. I'll share what's worth sharing once we've had time to sit with it. If anything in the photos catches your eye, or you have a question you'd like us to take into the planning with the Kathmandu team, send it through. 

That's all for this week.

Mā te wā,

Casey from the Himalayan Trust team