Our current project is to rebuild a Medical Centre in West Nepal, following the damage done in the 2015 earthquake and the monsoon floods in early August 2017. This will cost about £45,000, but we have been offered generous matched funding by Jersey Overseas Aid, so our GWTJ target for 2017 is to raise a further £22,500. If we raise more, we will look for further projects to help the Gurkha communities in Nepal.

Why support this event? Gurkha's defended our freedom and liberty during two World Wars and many other conflicts, fighting alongside British soldiers. Unlike the regular Army Gurkha's don't receive any Army pension and rely on our support. The 2015 earthquake in Nepal devastated their infrastructure and this county remains amongst the poorest in the world. From many West Nepal villages it requires a two-day hike to reach any medical centre, needless to say unfortunately many don't make it back to their homes. This project will bring a medical centre back onto the doorsteps of many Gurkhas and Nepalese villagers.

GWTJ have no administrative overheads and no paid employees or paid Trustees, so all funds raised go directly to the Gurkhas. GWTJ operates under a licence from the well-established charity, the Gurkha Welfare Trust in UK (GWT UK) and is established as a separate, Jersey, charity. GWT Projects are run and constructed by the GWT infrastructure in Nepal, using mainly ex Gurkha servicemen, including Clerks of Works and skilled tradesmen, and with local village labour. The necessary construction supplies are purchased and provided by the GWT infrastructure. There are no third parties directly involved. From the outset, our intention is that all funds raised would go to tangible projects in Nepal, with which our Jersey community could readily identify.