<p>UPDATE: We've now raised over &pound;67,000 including gift aid, and we're off tomorrow! Check out the team page for our running total and donate to me to add to it!</p> <p>Follow our progress at my team blog: <a title="Giddy Heights - trek to Nepal" href="http://giddyheights.wordpress.com">Giddy Heights - trek to Nepal</a></p> <p>For the last 12 months I've been supporting a team of 22 amazing people involved in foster care with their challenge to raise almost &pound;3,000 each for the Fostering Network.</p> <p>Now we're ready to take on the Annapurna mountains in Nepal, and lend a hand at two local children's projects in Pokhara.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The projects we&rsquo;re supporting are: <strong><a href="http://www.starchildren.nl/eng/index.php">StarChildren</a> &nbsp;</strong>which gives a home to children orphaned by HIV/AIDS, and <strong><a href="http://everestchildrenshomenepal.blogspot.com/">Everest Children&rsquo;s Home</a> </strong>which provides orphaned children with shelter, education and medical care. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The offline total shows you how the team as a whole are doing - they've already beaten their &pound;60,000 team target and are going strong. Please dig deep and help these three brilliant charities turn around the lives of vulnerable children in the UK and Nepal.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></p> <p>x Laura</p>