In commemoration of the Seventieth Anniversary of the Ascent of Mount Everest, His Majesty sent a message, which was read out by Sue Leyden at the Royal Geographical Society on June 13, 2023. The event witnessed the presence of more than 30 family members of the 1953 expedition, along with ambassadors, members of the mountaineering...Read More

The Himalayan Trust UK supports education and health in the Taplejung district of North Eastern Nepal. Our key aims in the 35 schools we support are to give children the tools they need to further education and better serve the communities in which they live. The method is simple in theory, but challenging in practice...Read More

Supporting teachers with disability to achieve success in Nepali classrooms Ang Dandi Sherpa was born in Salleri Solukhumbu where he graduated from school. He was keen to undertake tertiary studies, but tragically he became very ill and lost his sight in both eyes. Ang only regained partial sight, but was motivated when he learned that...Read More

Namaste, my name is Ang Tshering Lama. I come from the Solu Khumbu region in the north east of Nepal, from a small village called Phaplu. As many of you may know this is also sometimes referred to as the Everest region for being home to Mount Everest. Until the 1950s, just a few years,...Read More

Alpana Rai is currently studying a Bachelor of Education and has taught at Bashuki Basic School for four years.  She has also participated in REED Teacher Training for the last three years as a part of the Teacher Training and Quality Inclusive Education Program (TTQIE) delivered in partnership by REED Nepal and the Australian Himalayan...Read More

While many of us retain mixed memories of eating lunch at school, we are doubtless in agreement of the fact that having a meal halfway through the day kept us going until it was time to go home. In 2018, a group of Trustees from Himalayan Trust UK visited several different schools in the Taplejung...Read More

Working in partnership: the legacy of Mount Everest 1953 When news of the world’s first successful ascent to the very top of Mount Everest hit the world’s press on the morning of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation, life changed for a large number of people. Not least the team members themselves. They were led by the...Read More

In February 1956 The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award was established. It would be for boys aged 15-18. It was administrated, and largely first designed by John Hunt, in conjunction with the Duke of Edinburgh and Kurt Hahn. Following the successful ascent of Mount Everest, John Hunt retired from the army, having been invited by the...Read More

Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world. Over half the population lives on $3 a day or less and many families often need to walk for hours to reach basic services like safe water, health care, and schools. How it started? It all began when Sir Edmund Hillary asked a Sherpa if...Read More

In 1953, the aim of the Mount Everest Expedition was singularly focused: to place a climber on the summit of the world’s highest mountain. On the 29th of May that year they were successful as Hillary and Tenzing set foot on the virgin summit snows. Little could the Everest Team have imagined that the notoriety...Read More