UPDATE: We have achieved the £1,000 goal that I set for this fundraiser, but the overall £10,000 goal of the campaign (see below) has not yet been reached... so any help you can give is still vitally important and greatly appreciated!

With a group of friends, as a proud Ambassador of the Pahar Trust Nepal, I am going to attempt the Yorkshire Three Peaks as part of the PTN's new campaign 'Walk For Nepal', raising vital funds to support two much-needed schools in hard-to-reach communities in rural Nepal.

The current schools in Dobhan in the Gorkha District and Siurung in the Lamjung District are in states of disrepair that make them fundamentally unsafe, especially given the situation in Nepal, a country heavily impacted by earthquakes as well as landslides, often exacerbated by changes to the monsoon as a result of the worsening climate crisis.

(Shree Hanesh Himal Basic School is in Dobhan)

The two new school buildings will be earthquake resilient, offering a safe space to learn for the children of the two villages.

For the campaign as a whole, we will be raising a life-changing £10,000 to ensure these young students can continue their education in a safe and inspiring school.

So let's see how much our walk in the hills can boost the campaign total and make a real and lasting difference to children in Dobhan and Siurung.

Below... our happy walkers: Tom, James, David, Paul and Kim