**Help Budhiman Deliver Flood Relief Across Nepal**

I am the founder of Wandering Earl Tours, a small tour company that offers group trips around the world. We run a lot of tours in India and Nepal and if you've traveled with us to one of those regions, you're probably familiar with Budhiman.

Budhiman Rawat has been our most trusted driver in India since our very first Wandering Earl trip there in 2013. For more than 13 years, he has driven on every single one of our India tours.

If you've traveled with him, you already know what kind of person he is. Budhiman is one of the kindest human beings I've ever met. He goes far beyond simply being our driver, doing everything he can to make sure that every traveler he meets has an extraordinary experience.

Now, he is trying to help people back home.

Budhiman comes from a remote corner of southeastern Nepal, near the Indian border, and his family has roots on both sides of the border.

Following the devastating floods that have struck Nepal, Budhiman and several of his friends have decided that they need to do something.

They're renting a truck and driving across Nepal to areas affected by the flooding. Along the way, they will stop in larger towns to buy as many supplies as they can - mattresses, food, clothing and other essential items - and then personally deliver those supplies to communities that need them.

Their first trip begins immediately, and they hope to make several trips in the coming days and weeks.

Right now, Budhiman is paying for this effort out of his own pocket, together with contributions from his friends and family. None of them have much money to spare, but they're putting together whatever they can because they want to help.

We'd like to help them do much more.

Every contribution to this fundraiser will allow Budhiman and his friends to purchase more supplies, fill their truck, cover the cost of transportation and reach more people affected by the floods.

I will collect the funds raised here and send it all directly to Budhiman for this relief effort. I'll personally cover all of the processing fees myself so that Budhiman receives the full amount raised. I have known and worked with Budhiman for more than 13 years and trust him completely.

We'll also share updates as his trips take place so that everyone who contributes can see how the money is being used and the people it is helping.

If you've ever traveled through India with us, there's a good chance Budhiman helped make your experience there special.

Now we have an opportunity to help him do something special for people in Nepal who desperately need it.

Any amount will help.

Thank you so much.

Derek Baron

Founder, Wandering Earl Tours

Please note: Contributions to this fundraiser are not tax-deductible charitable donations. Net funds received through this fundraiser will be forwarded to Budhiman Rawat in Nepal and used for this flood-relief effort.