Rob Buckley, founder of Himalayan Healers Project, is a Grand Junction native, who served in Nepal in the Peace Corps in 2001.

Buckley’s vision for the project is to preserve Himalayan healing traditions and culture, and also provide a means for the “untouchables” caste of Nepal to rise out of poverty and discrimination by teaching them massage therapy and then giving them jobs in the spas where they earn much more than the average Nepali.

It is the only project in the world that trains the Dalits, or “untouchables” in the healing arts, Buckley said. Victims of human trafficking, as well as widows have also been given the opportunity to learn the healing arts trade.

Reach more about the Project and the success of its graduates here: http://tinyurl.com/y9t93gv.