We’re raising money for Community Action Nepal
As a family we want to raise £1000 to support Nepalese mountain communities through projects that will improve health, education and welfare.
Community Action Nepal are directly helping some of the poorest people on the planet – the mountain people of Nepal. It helps local communities to raise their standard of living and strengthen indigenous, community-based cultures and it does it in a way that empowers and supports the local communities.
CAN’s work in Nepal began in response to a spontaneous request in 1989 to help improve conditions of labour in the Himalayan trekking industry.
A request soon followed to help improve village infrastructure in Ghunsa, near Salleri. As word spread, similar requests were received from other regions; slowly at first but with greater urgency as the civil war took hold throughout Nepal.
During the years of civil unrest between 1996 and 2006, CAN, along with other charities, filled a gap as the Government resources focused on the civil war.
It provided direct support to schools, health posts and other neglected community projects. In the years following the civil war, Government funding was haphazard and unreliable, so CAN continued to provide funding and support to projects in the most sustainable and appropriate manner it could.
After 30 years, CAN has delivered or directly supported over 45 projects in Nepal.
We’d love you to help us raise money for them so they can continue to deliver their work.
Paul and Sophie have both spent time in Nepal and loved the people, the sense of community and mountains.
Our first fund raising project is for Paul to complete the TGO challenge - a 200 mile self supported Scottish coast to coast backpacking adventure in May 2023.
Our aim is to take the children out to Nepal in 2024 so they can experience first hand the communities and way of living in Nepal and over time we hope to volunteer with them on the ground.
If you can donate any amount we’d be incredibly grateful.
