Mahomet men trekking to aid slaves in Nepal

MAHOMET – Two Mahomet men are spending their Christmas week heading halfway around the world to improve the plight of slave children in Nepal.

Eric Luedtke and Jeff Fago of the Mahomet Rotary Club are leaving today to take school supplies (including school uniforms and history books), food and other materials to between 300 and 400 slave boys and girls in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, high up in the Himalaya Mountains.

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