SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Nepal Myths and Mountains Trails (NMMT) Pvt. Ltd. is experienced and socially responsible trekking company operating wide ranges of adventure tourism activities in all over the Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and India as well. Since the establishment, NMMT is very much concern about the Socially Responsible Business Practices in its business operation and applying initiative for promoting Responsible Tourism (RT) at local level. As a thematic, understanding of Responsible Tourism in business practices is moreover concerning about Environment, Society/State and Economy. NMMT is not only practicing Responsible Tourism initiative but also advocating with other companies to follow the best practices and apply the initiative in their own capacity. Mr. Ngima Dorji Sherpa, CEO of NMMT has been involving with various social welfare and business development organizations and sharing the best practices to others as well as advocating in different forum for the positive social change through tourism in Nepal. Mr. Sherpa was secretary of Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal (TAAN), which is the umbrella organization of Trekking Agencies in Nepal and he created absolute image within the organization as well as among the adventure tourism sector as a good leader to promote Responsible Tourism Practices within the corporate sector as well as local level.

NMMT Since the very beginning of the business operation has continuously been incorporating different types of RT practices in its business. NMMT is not only being responsible towards the environment and society, it is also very much responsible towards the State and its valued clients as well. NMMT is timely updating company’s annual activities with different governmental authorities such as Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) by submitting annual progress report, Financial Reporting and renewing of license and other related documents; Nepal Rastra Bank (Central Bank) by submitting regular foreign currency transaction report and renewing of the license for foreign currency transaction; and Tax Office by submitting Financial reports and paying necessary taxes and revenues demanded by the financial report.

NMMT is very much concerned to ensure the qualitative services for its clients based on the standardization of destination prices. Along with the qualitative services to its client, NMMT has a very precise policy and practices for safety and security of its clients and employees involving with. NMMT has policy for standardization of destination price and also very much concern for paying fair wages to its employees along with other necessary benefit to them.

Besides the above fact, NMMT has been doing several Responsible Tourism Activities at local level for local community peoples' benefit, which is described below:

1. NMMT worked for Religious Harmony and Cultural Conservation – Construction of Pema Namding Monastary, Khari Khola, Solukhumbu: From the year 2005, NMMT had started to work for the construction of the Buddhist Monastery at Kharikhola, Village of Solukhumbu District, with the request of the local Sherpa people. Mr. Ngima Dorji Sherpa as a owner of the NMMT had taken key responsibility to raise fund for the construction of the Monastery building. As a initiator of the project, NMMT has put fund from its profit and started raising fund campaign to its network as local, national and international (America and the Netherland) level. It took almost three years to complete the construction. The newly constructed monastery is known as “Pema Namding Monastary” and was named by “Thuche Rinpoche” from “Thuthenchuling Monastary”. Since, a monastery is not only a place of worship for Tibetan Buddhism, but also essential for other social activities and festivals. After construction, His Holiness Rinpoche from Sikkim – Regzin Dorjee Rinpoche, inagurated the Monastary on 17 April 2008.

 

Cash Support to Paiya New Monastery: NMMT has provided cash support to newly Constructed Paiya Monastery for the construction and establishment.

2. NMMT’s Concern about People Health – “Band-Aid Box - Keep Kharikhola Healthy Project”: NMMT with the support of clients and using part of the profit from business has been conducting Medical Camp at Kharikhola village for providing outmost medical services to people from local community and surroundings. This Medical camp provides basic medical services without any charges. This project has been regularly operating since the year 2005 with the technical support of “The Band-Aid Box” Team and till date average 3000 local people has been benefited.

3. Education for Children – NMMT’s initiative for education: Realizing the fact about the backwardness of local community in education sector, NMMT since the early stage has been providing cash, technical and material support to local community schools by own resources as well as collaborating with its clients from abroad.

1. Construction and establishment of Mera Primary School: In co-ordination of NMMT, the construction of the Mera Primary School was started from 1995 with the financial support of Barry Sleigh from Taunton Gardens, Christchurch, New Zealand. As a key role player of the school project, Mr. Ngima from NMMT put his utmost effort for successful completion of the project and brought into operation on the year 2000. Now, the school has about 80 students and 3 teachers serving in school regularly.
2. Scholarship programme for the students: NMMT, in coordination with its clients and its own capacity, has been launching scholarship programme for poor but intelligent students from the local community. About 15 students are regularly receiving scholarship through NMMT.
3. Renovation of Pangkoniza Primary School: This school was built with the support of Sir Edmund Hillary’s Trust but later on the school building was completely damage. NMMT had taken full responsibility to renovate this school building on its own capacity and in coordination with its clients.
4. Educational materials distribution: NMMT is regularly providing educational materials support campaign to local community schools to fulfill basic educational needs of the schools and students studying in the schools.
5. Clothes distribution: NMMT in coordination with its clients and well wishers has been collecting clothes and special dresses from abroad and distributing to local villagers and students.

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