Khorog and Rushan Range, Tajikistan Wilderness camp for teenage girls 2021

Past training sessions
  • Dates End of June 2021 - 1 week
  • Public Teenage girls from Khorog (the session will be open to all residents of Tajikistan in the near future)
  • Available places 11
  • For selection Contact the mahalla leader of the place of residence in Khorog or Safina Shohaydarova
  • Supervision International mountain professionals as well as a Tajik trainer and a translator
  • Participant profile Teenage girls under 18 years of age, one from each Khorog district, interested in nature discovery and mountain wildlife

Objectives :

  • to introduce teenage girls to the mountains and nature through a multi-activity camp
  • to encourage teenage girls to consider their place as women in society
  • to foster an interest in mountain professions

 

Activities :

  • hiking/trekking
  • bivouac: nights in the mountains
  • mountain cuisine
  • observation of fauna and flora
  • geological observations
  • observation of the stars
  • games of orientation
  • time for reflection and discussion on the young women’s aspiration
  • sensitization on climate change

This wilderness camp will be offered every year.