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Hi! I'm Orla, and tomorrow I'm leaving from Heathrow airport to go to Nepal for a year. I'm going with the charity Project Trust and I'll be teaching in a little village called Harpe, in the Baglung district. I'll be posting updates on here whenever I get the time, so read if you want to find out more!

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