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LEO Sponsors Mt. Everest Expedition |
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Dubai, U.A.E
Students sponsored by Leo Exhibitions for their Mt. Everest trek helped orphaned children in Nepal and returns to Dubai with a priceless experience.
Students lead by Alex and Philippe Wheeler at the Mount Everest campsite in Nepal.
Written below is the letter from Alex and Philippe Wheeler sharing their beautiful story to Leo and to the world.
20th July 2008
Dear Melwyn,
A long time has passed since our trip to Nepal, we are hugely grateful for your support.
You will find enclosed in this package is a DVD video which is
quite long at 45 minutes, but hopes to grip its audience as it takes
you through our journey day by day. It’s arranged chronologically:
beginning with the trek to base camp and ending with our visits to the
different Child Welfare Scheme centres in Pokhara. We must warn you
that the filming can be described as shaky at best in some areas
(especially at base camp). The filming in fact stimulates how we were
feeling at the time, it got progressively worse as we climbed and
succumbed to altitude sickness. There are also a great deal of photos
in the video coming from most members of the expedition.
Although it has been eight months since the trek, we both still
remember every second of it - from the exhilarating thrills of being at
the foothills of the world’s tallest mountain, to seeing the gleaming
smiles of hope from the orphaned children. And for these experiences,
we are very grateful to you, as are the children of Nepal. The money
raised has already gone a long way to improve their lives, and we in
fact received photos last week showing new rooms in the clinic and
refurbished bedrooms in the girls’ dormitory. Had these arrived
earlier, they would’ve been showcased in our video. One of the females
on the trip, our school nurse, has now devoted the following two years
of her life in Nepal to help some of these children. She made two
return trips bearing pots and pans, clothes, food and other items
raised at our school. She is now living in Nepal, working at an
orphanage in Kathmandu and has successfully driven a campaign to raise
further funds in the UAE.
The experience we all had is indescribable by words, which is why
we made this DVD. We hope you enjoy it and we thoroughly recommend the
experience to anyone seeking a little adventure, a change in scenery or
simply an escape from the madness we live in. Again, we thank you very
much for all your support and your patience in waiting for the video.
Thank you,
Yours sincerely,
Alex and Philippe Wheeler
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