Journal
Notes from the road and the hills.
What we are doing, why, and what it costs. Stage reports from the Sahara land here every evening in October.
The promise · October 9, 2026
How a gift to the Center for Global Change works
Tax status, receipts, what 100 percent means, PayPal, cards, monthly gifts and employer matching. The plain answers before you give.
Our story · October 8, 2026
Why we do not name the kids
You will not find a child's name or a family's village on this site. Here is why, and what we show instead.
Sahara 120 · October 7, 2026
What we are carrying across the Sahara
The pack, the shoes, the food and the cameras, item by item. What two people take for 120 km of sand when every gram counts and the organisers check the bag.
When disaster hits · October 6, 2026
Bhaktapur, April 2015: feeding a town with the Unatti Foundation
After the Nepal earthquake nobody came to Bhaktapur, so the Unatti Foundation fed more than 3,500 people and we raised the money for the rice. What happened, and who did the work.
Sahara 120 · October 6, 2026
What the MDS Trek Morocco actually is
The MDS Trek Morocco: 120 km across the Sahara in five timed stages, run and walked, with a bivouac, a GPS beacon and one night under the stars. What we signed up for.
The rebuild · October 5, 2026
The August 2026 flood: what happened on the Bhote Koshi
A plain account of the August 26, 2026 Bhote Koshi flood in Rasuwa, Nepal: the cause, the damage, the relief, and why rebuilding takes months.
Our story · October 5, 2026
The banner at Rainbow House
How two people who had just lost everything ended up helping raise a house full of children in Nepal, and why they are still at it eighteen years later.
Our story · October 5, 2026
Who we are, and what we promise about your money
The Center for Global Change in plain words: a US 501(c)(3) founded in 2008 by Aaron and Debbie Cuha, run from Park City, with every dollar going to Nepal.
Sahara 120 · October 5, 2026
Why we are running 120 km across the Sahara
In October we run the MDS Trek Morocco, 120 kilometers each. Every kilometer you sponsor goes to rebuilding a home in Nepal after the August flood. Here is how it works.