At Shinta Mani, the cornerstone of our concept is to utilize the success of our resorts and hotels
to support the local community and promote sustainability. In Cambodia, this is through the
Shinta Mani Foundation which has
supported a wonderful array of programs to help disadvantaged Cambodians, such as providing
training for employment, empowering locals from the community, school support, medical care
and environment sustainability projects.
Now Shinta Mani Mustang – A BENSLEY Collection will use the same social enterprise model to
support the Pasang Lhamu Foundation, our existing non-profit organisation. With
an emphasis on supporting women from remote and mountainous regions in Nepal, Pasang
Lhamu Foundation was established in honor of Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, the first Nepali woman to
summit Everest.
Pasang set a new standard in Nepal for what women can achieve, inspiring
generations of women. Her untimely death during the descent of her monumental achievement
was a tragic loss but her inspiration lives on through the Foundation her family set up in her
name. The Foundation is a non-profit, non-political, non-government organization with the core
pillars of education, vocation training, health and immediate assistance.
We will be developing programs in the Mustang region to support education and training of
local women in alignment with PLF’s vision, as well as expanding to community outreach
programs to work on the preservation and promotion of the local culture and customs and
environmental agendas to create more sustainable practices in the region.
These various
initiatives will be implemented by the Pasang Lhamu Foundation, directly benefiting from the
revenue of Shinta Mani Mustang – A BENSLEY Collection