National Children’s Mountain Conservation Meet
The Rotary Club of Lahore Liberty is sponsoring 5 children’s participation in the 7th National Children’s Mountain Conservation Meet. NCMCM, as its commonly abbreviated, is organised by Adventure Foundation Pakistan, a long established organisation promoting the principles of outward bound.
The event is scheduled from July 1st to 10th, 2008 and will be held in the beautiful Kaghan valley. As explained on the Pakistan Times website the event creates “awareness among young people about the mountain ecosystems and involve them in meaningful activities using mountains’ environment as an open classroom. Under this programme each year 120 children are selected from all parts of Pakistan to attend a 10 days camp in mountain environment.”
Sadly, the dedicated website of this project is currently down, but that of Adventure Foundation Pakistan can be viewed, although it provides minimal information about NCMCM.
Our club sponsored the participation of 5 children, who would otherwise not have been able to afford it on their own, and would not be in a position to expereince the entire learning and comraderie that is part and parcel of such events.