L'épicurieuse | 5x5000 TREK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE | Nepal

<p>  </p> <p> <img alt="13214725_10156917893850501_1641943459_o-1463125937" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/315854/13214725_10156917893850501_1641943459_o-1463125937.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>The idea is very simple</strong></u> : <strong>Have you ever thought of taking up a sportive challenge to raise money for some local social business with a large potential of environmental and social impact during your travel experience ?</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="13219922_10156914669035501_543162659_n-1463050184" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/315397/13219922_10156914669035501_543162659_n-1463050184.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p> <u>This is exactly what I'm going to do in Nepal </u>: taking up a crazy 16 days trek in the Everest Region which means to climb 5 times above 5000m to raise 5000€ for local social business. </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; 1 euro for 1 meter climbed !</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>Who Am I ?</strong></u></p>   <p> <img alt="P4300685-1462796324" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/313790/P4300685-1462796324.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p> My name is Charlotte Hoefman, I am a 23 year old french solo traveler from Lille (northern France) but I was established in Lyon (southeast France) for the past 5 years for my studies in a Political Sciences University. </p> <p>  </p> <p> I would like to confess that: since childhood I asked myself an important question every morning to help me to make the most important life choices. <u>This question is</u> :<strong> Why do I keep waking up every mornings ? Have you ever asked yourself this question ? </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="P4110164-1462796539" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/313792/P4110164-1462796539.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>At the age of 17</strong>, while the perfect medicine or engineer career path was drawn for me, one morning I decided to change my mind to take exams to enter in that kind of renowned political university in France. Nobody trusted me, all my family and my friends told me : <strong><em>"You will never succeed in passing this exam ! That kind of studies are not for you...". </em></strong>But finally, I succeeded in.</p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>At the age of 22</strong>, while my studies did not make sense for me anymore,<strong> I read a book</strong> that changed my life, <u><em>Building Social Business</em></u>, a book written by <strong>Muhammad Yunus </strong>: a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the <strong>Nobel Peace Prize</strong> for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of <strong>microcredit and social business</strong> (a new kind of organization that applies commercial strategies improvements in human and environnemental impact on the society. And again, while my family and my friends told me <strong><em>"You are utopian, that kind of business can not exist", </em></strong>I decided <strong>to become a changemaker</strong> by working for a <a href="http://mouves.org/" target="_blank">big social entrepreneurship movement</a> in France as a pilot in a Region. During more than 1 year, <strong>I had the most inspiring life</strong> by working with more than 60 social entrepreneurs, helping them to raise their business, to spread their solutions and to raise awareness among the french government. </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Xc5_1524-1462796640" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/313793/XC5_1524-1462796640.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>At the age of 23</strong>, while I had such an amazing, passionate and busy life, <strong>suddenly a morning my life turne</strong>d so much so that I had to detach myself <strong>to look back on my life. </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> This morning, I realized exactly why I kept waking up every mornings, <strong>what were the main feelings and characteristics which drove my motivation and my energy</strong> : a curious mind, a passion for adventure and world exploration, a strong believe in Humanity, an entrepreneurship and creative mind, a natural and communicative "joie de vivre" but above all, <u><strong>a big dream</strong></u> : t<strong>o be a changemaker rather than being a spectator of the world changes, to contribute right now to build the future world to make it even more better, sustainable and human. </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="P4090062-1462796727" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/313795/P4090062-1462796727.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>This morning, L'épicurieuse was born !</strong> It is also the morning I decided to quit that confortable and promising life, <strong>to get out my confort zone</strong> to dedicate all my energy and my passion this crazy new life project : L'épicurieuse ! I decided to backpack my stuff <strong>to be part of the new Sense Digital Nomad generation in search of sense, inspiration and change. </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Logo_epicurieuse-1462796674" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/313794/Logo_epicurieuse-1462796674.png"></p> <p> <a href="https://www.lepicurieuse.fr/" target="_blank">L'épicurieuse</a> is a project based on the idea that is possible <strong>to reveal, to promote and to measure</strong>, the <strong>individual action potential </strong>on the society, with <strong>an initiatory and engaged solo travel experience</strong> around the world. </p> <p> At the same time, the aim is to <strong>raise awareness among world citizens</strong> by sharing and spreading the positive solutions that are developed all around the world by inspiring people to solve the main challenges of the 21st century.</p> <p> L’épicurieuse<strong> is about how each individual can contribute to make the world even more responsible and united</strong>. It’s a project about <strong>how travel could be the best experience for yourself and the others at the time. </strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> After 1 month spent in Nepal, a community of almost <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lepicurieuseblog/" target="_blank">1000 persons</a> are following the project on the blog and on social media but also some <a href="https://www.lepicurieuse.fr/me-soutenir/" target="_blank">companies</a> are now part of the project. That's why I decided to start my first action which consists<strong> in challenging yourself with a crazy action for a good cause</strong>. </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="P8192501__1_-1463203999" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/316303/P8192501__1_-1463203999.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <strong>Let's #follow, #support, #share this challenge !!!</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="P4290372__1_-1463126160" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/315856/P4290372__1_-1463126160.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p>