Where the Team Will Be Working & Living

This team will be working in the Ilam District. The specific work site will not be determined until 6 weeks prior to our arrival, but it will be either in Akherjung or Barbade. Sakherjung is 20 kms and Barbade is 8 kms from Ilam Bazaar where the team will stay at night.
The accommodations will be at the Hotel New Dish, with some single rooms, some doubles; bed linens are provided, with a toilet and shower for each room. The showers are solar, which means short showers are in order for everyone to have enough hot water.
There is electricity for the rooms, but "power cuts" or "load shedding" are frequent.
Our team has all the rooms reserved, so it's a small place.
The team will have breakfast and dinner at the hotel. Lunch will be at the worksite. A temporary toilet will be constructed at the worksite.

How Visitors To This Blog Can Donate Funds For A House For A Family In Nepal

If you are a visitor to this Blog, you can donate funds that :

1) go directly into the team donation account for the materials for a home for a family in need in Nepal, or

2) to support a particular team member in their efforts to raise money for their expenses and airfare.

You also have a choice of donating online or over the phone.

If by phone, call 1-800-HABITAT, ext 7530, Monday-Friday, 8-5, EST. You need to have the event code (if donating only to the materials portion) which is GV 9320. If you are supporting a particular team member, you will need that event code as well as the person's personal 8-digit ID number. The service representative on the phone can give you that number, or you can ask the team member directly.

If donating online, go to www.habitat.org/gv. Click on the words "make a donation in support of a Global Village team". Fill in the required information. If donating only to the team fund for materials, at the bottom, where it says "please apply this donation towards", click the third button "The Global Village team indicated below". Enter the EventCode: GV 9320. If you wish to support a particular team member, then you will go to that same website and page, except that you will click on the second button, "The following person's Global Village trip". You will enter the same Event Code, but you will also need that person's 8-digit ID number. You need to write to that person and ask them for their ID#.

You will receive a tax-deductible receipt for all the funds, regardless of which account you deposit your donation, and whether it's by phone or online.

Setting Up Your Fundraising Web page

Create a FUND-RAISING Web Page

(in just minutes!!)

Create a Web page simply and easily by using the Global Village Web page design wizard at www.habitat.org/gv/create.html. Our wizard will customize a page for you, containing information about Habitat, Global Village, the specifics of YOUR trip, YOUR destination country/state, and forms for taking donations on-line or by mail for YOUR account!

Y Technical skills are not required (whew!)

Y The Web page is personalized with YOUR trip details and information (wow!)

Y You can provide the Web address to family, friends, church groups and others to raise support and participation in the Global Village event (neat AWARENESS-raising tool also!)

Y E-mail a note about your GV trip to your friends and include the page’s address. Encourage them to visit your Web page. (how easy!!)

Y In fund-raising letters, refer the reader to your Web page for more information and an easy way to support you or your GV team (personal touch with techno advantages!)

Here's how, step-by-step:

Step 1: Copy and paste this address in your Web browser: www.habitat.org/gv/create.html

Step 2: Enter your eight-digit Habitat ID number.

Step 3: Create a password for your page, so you can come back and edit it later if you'd like.

Step 4: Enter your Global Village trip number, your name, and your e-mail address.

Step 5: They will create an example welcome message for your page. You can edit their message, or write a completely different message if you'd like.

Step 6: Your page is now ready! They'll give you the address at which your page is located. Copy this address down, so you can let friends and family know how to find your page.

You also can change the information you entered at any time. Just return to www.habitat.org/gv/create.html, enter your Habitat ID and password, and you can change your information and welcome message as needed. The system will update your page automatically with the your new information.