The MFI supports the local people of Muktinath Valley at the Annapurna Trekking Circuit in Nepal to preserve the Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage.
"On December 8, 1999, Muktinath Lama Wangyal and MFI President André Kalden received blessings for the founding of MFI from H.E. Chogye Trichen Rinpoche"
"In his role as Chief Patron of the All Nepal Himalayan Buddhist Association, but moreover as nestor of the Tibetan Buddhist community in Nepal"
"Sepo Pema Wangyal Lama is head of the Nepali lineage of the Domar family, an unbroken lineage of married lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist Nyingma school"