We’re so proud to see Esther Hau Dim featured in Hike Inn’s Foote Notes!

🌿🥾 Esther is both a Community Health Worker and an Outdoor Peer Leader with Refugee Women’s Network, and her beautiful reflection captures so much of what our Outdoor Wellness Program is about: connection, belonging, healing, and finding community in nature. Reflecting on June 10 mile overnight hike to the Hike Inn with a group of women from nine different countries and ranging in age from 15 to 81, Esther writes about how the outdoors can connect us not only to one another, but also to our roots and memories. She shares how seeing rhododendrons along the trail brought her back to the mountains of Chin State, Myanmar, where she grew up. We’re grateful to Esther for sharing her story and using her voice to show why access and belonging in the outdoors matter. And we’re so thankful for our partners at @atingeorgia and @ilovehikeinn for helping create opportunities for refugee and immigrant women to experience Georgia’s incredible outdoor spaces. As Esther so beautifully reminds us, “kindness, vision, and community can make even the longest journey feel possible.” 💚 #RefugeeWomen #OutdoorWellness #CommunityHealthWorkers #OutdoorLeadership #GeorgiaOutdoors