The goal for the school was to be able to help the blind kids and teens of Tibet and also …show more content…
The people of Tibet View the blind as people that have done something wrong in their past lives. Groups of devout Buddhists, view the blind similarly and believe that that they are either scorned or viewed as sinners. Even the children’s parents are scarred of their children or are thankful when Sabriye comes and offers to educate and provide housing for their children because of how frowned upon the blind are. There are also examples of the blind children being abused and miss treated. For example Toshi was abused as a child with the several burn marks that are on his body from being mistreated as a child. Guides on the tour believe this to be true when including how much of an outsider he appears to be and, how he isn’t comfortable around new …show more content…
The climbers and guides viewed the goal of the trip to reach the peak, the group soon learned that was more important was the children and improving their confidence and proving themselves. They were able to climb to the elevated base camp of 21,000 feet, unfortunately some of the members of the group started to fall ill and were fatigued too much to continue they still reached and impressive personal goal. Seeing the kids playing in the ice and in the snow really put the climb into perspective for many of the members of the