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		<title>Trekkers&#8217; Reunion in Edinburgh</title>
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The blog is back, after a quiet period! Apologies for the absence. We have some great stories to share, so please log in again soon.
The trekkers held a reunion in Edinburgh on Saturday 6 March.  After a short walk on Blackford Hill, we assembled at the HQ of the Venture Trust to share memories, exchange photographs, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2010/03/09/trekkers-reunion-in-edinburgh/</link>
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		<title>Amy in Nepal</title>
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Panic
On the lead up to going to Nepal I thought I wasn&#8217;t going to get there at all&#8230;.my passport wasn’t sorted out and things could have been more organised. Everything was left to the last minute and my Visa never arrived till 4 days before we departed, it was a nightmare, I thought I was going to miss [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2010/02/08/amy-in-nepal/</link>
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		<title>Doug Scott profiled in The Herald Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In June 2009, Doug Scott gave a lecture at Strathclyde University to help raise funds for our trek and for his own charity, Community Action Nepal. More recently, Doug spoke at an event hosted by Glasgow Unversity Mountaineering Club and gave an interview to Herald journalist Billy Briggs whose article was published in The Herald [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2010/01/03/doug-scott-profiled-in-the-herald-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The start of a new year is traditionally a time for reflection on the year past and making resolutions for the one to come.
Who Cares? Scotland had a particularly busy year in 2009. The central office moved to more suitable premises - at the same address in Oswald Street, Glasgow. We introduced the Reaching Higher strategy to signal our high aspirations for children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2010/01/01/happy-new-year-2010/</link>
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		<title>Trek featured on CAT website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The home page of Community Action Treks&#8217; website is currently featuring details of our recent treks to Bahra Pokhari including photographs - and also our commitment to support the school at Chite Tilahar.
Community Action Treks is the trading arm of Community Action Nepal (CAN), the charity set up by Doug Scott. CAN describes its aim as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2009/12/22/trek-featured-on-cat-website/</link>
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		<title>Profile of Sarita, trek nurse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our trekkers enjoyed the special friendship and support of Sarita who as a specialist trek nurse works from Community Action Treks’ base in Kathmandu. While some were particularly grateful for her medical expertise, all of us received encouragement along the way and were captivated by Sarita’s smile and impish sense of humour.
Gemma Stewart, a member [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2009/12/20/profile-of-sarita-trek-nurse/</link>
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		<title>Sharron McAllister&#8217;s blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was desperate to get involved in Who Cares? Scotland&#8217;s &#8216;Reaching Higher&#8217; project from the minute I heard about it. Thanks to Lynne and Grant I got a Yes! 
 
I had been fortunate enough to visit Nepal twice before. I knew it was a wonderful place where the people were friendly, unassuming and happy. The culture, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2009/12/14/sharron-mcallisters-blog/</link>
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		<title>Invited for Tea &#8211; a special and treasured experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A particular delight in visiting another country is the possibility of receiving an invitation to visit someone in their own home. It&#8217;s such a personal thing and something which is a rare occurrence in a standard holiday. Two of our young people, Gemma and Leona, spent time at the Kathmandu home of trek nurse Sarita [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2009/12/11/invited-for-tea-a-special-and-treasured-experience/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Marianne</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you could describe your experience of Nepal in one word what would it be? Humbling, because I hadn’t given any previous consideration to the poverty of people over there and the difference that we can make with very little effort to ourselves.
What was the high point of the trip, any special moments? God there were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2009/12/08/interview-with-marianne/</link>
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		<title>Nepali Cabinet Meets at Everest Base Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of the Who Cares? Scotland trekkers have been in touch with the blog to report seeing news reports and documentaries this week which have highlighted the problem of melting glaciers in the Himalaya. Nepali government ministers held a meeting near Everest Base Camp to publicise the problems in advance of the world climate change summit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.reaching-higher.org.uk/2009/12/05/nepali-cabinet-meets-at-everest-base-camp/</link>
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