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APPLICATION FORM
If you are interested in participating in one of our
programs, please fill out these applications.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name:
Age:
Current address:
Address valid until:
Email:
Email valid until:
Telephone:
Parent's name:
Parent's email:
Parent's address:
Parent's telephone:
(please include a number that we can use in case of an emergency)
Give us the name of your siblings and their ages:
Give us a name of a reference for you at your school
such as your guidance counselor.
School name:
School contact:
Relation to student:
Telephone:
Contact email:
School address:
I am applyng for
1. In order to give us some idea of who you are, please tell us briefly about yourself, your education, your interest, your family.

2. Why do you want to participate in Sojourn Nepal Program?

3. Have you ever traveled abroad? If so, where and what were your experiences?
4. Do you have any experience in the outdoors?
5. What would you most like to gain from this experience?
6. Big or small, describe to us one of your greatest accomplishments.
7. Big or small, describe to us one of your greatest failures.
8. Your greatest concern about participation in Sojourn Nepal.
9. What aspect of the program MOST/LEAST interests you?
On a scale of 5=Most to 1=Least
1. Cross-cultural experience (Homestay)
2. Language learning
3. Outdoor experience(trek)
4. Group acitivities
5. Individual exploration
6. Apprenticeships
10. Would you prefer to go on a fourweek trek and extend your apprenticeship or spent the entire pursuing an apprenticeship? (this is for Nepal Semester only)
11. Do you have any preferences in regards to what type of family you would like to live with? You will be with your family for a month so take into consideratin you needs for privacy and modern comforts?
12. Please list any health problems or conditions that you presently have, such as handicaps, problems with hearing or vision, heart conditions, high or low blood pressure, asthma, allergies, muscle cramps, reactions to temperature extremes, conditions relating to past injuries. (NONE OF THESE WILL PROHIBIT YOUR ACCEPTANCE. FOR YOUR SAFETY WE MUST BE AWARE OF SUCH CONDITIONS.)
13. Have you ever had substance abuse problem?

sojourn Nepal counselors are not trained in substance abuse counselling. If substance abuse is an issue for you, we'd like to knwo about it. Drugs are illegal in Nepal. Sojourn Nepal recommends students with drug abuse histories to look closer to home for programs specifically designed to help you.
14. How did you hear about Sojourn Nepal?
15. If you found out about the Sojourn from our website, did you first link to it via another site and if so, which one?
Some students finid fieldtrips, lectures, family life and trek sufficient activity. Would you be interested in pursuing an apprenticeship while in Nepal? If so, please check some of the possibilities listed on the next page that interest you. Please be aware that these options apply to certain programs only. (Please understand we ask you these questions to help you begin thinking about the kind of experience you would like to have in Nepal .Your answers to the following questions indicate your initial preferences. You are free to change you mind after you learn more.)
FOR NEPALI SEMESTER ONLY
1.(a) The Arts
Music: sitar, sarod, drums (tabla or dhime)
Dance: Newari folk
Painting (Thankgas)
Bronze casting
Stone-carving
Wood-carving
Pottery
Weaving
Jewelry making
Papermaking
Hand printing textile
Nepali cooking
Martial Arts
2.(b) Esotoric Studies
Mediatation: Buddhist or Hindu
Yoga
3.(c) MEDICINE
Learn about native healing plants
Therapeutic message
Ayurvedic medical system
4.(d) DEVELOPMENT & SERVICE
Teaching English in primary schools
Permaculture farming
Work with women's craft cooperative
Help non-governmental organizations/work with aid organizations on such issues as health or environment.
Mother Teresa's Sisters
Work with lepers
Work with destitute women
Work with street children
TIBETAN SEMESTER & TIBETAN SUMMER SOJOURN
1. Tick mark the following
Tibetan Opera
Tibetan Guitar (Dramyen)
Tibetan Dance
Thankga Painting
Bronze casting
Wood-carving
Mask making
Weaving (Carpets/backstap looms)
Jewelry making
Butter sculpture
Tibet Tailoring
Incense making
Tibetan medicine
buddhist Meditation
Tibetan Cooking
Teaching English in primary schools
Help non-government organizations or aid organizations on such issues as health or environment.