05 Feb 2002

Mongolia study abroad and volunteer opportunities
Cultural Restoration Tourism Project, Pacifica, CA, USA
Self-description: "CRTP was established to restore temples and other artifacts in Central Asia .[...]. CRTP will provide assistance to the local communities at no cost to the hosts. CRTP is organized to provide support to communities in order to enable them to restore culturally significant structures. CRTP is a self-supporting effort aimed towards the needs of the local communities in Central Asia."
Supplied note: "CRTP provides unique and rewarding research and volunteer positions in Mongolia. Our current project is the restoration of a 300 year old Buddhist temple [Baldan Baraivan ("The Yellow Temple"), 300 km E of Ulaan Bataar - ed.]. The restoration will include building restoration, infrastructure and community building. CRTP is planning to use the latest techniques in sustainable development to rebuild a community that can support itself with limited impact on the environment."
URL http://www.crtp.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.crtp.net/
Link reported by: Tanya Salseth (salseth@yahoo.com)
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