Annual Review 2020
The Himalayan Trust Annual Review 2020 reflects on an extraordinary year as we faced the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more... Read More
Hillary Scholars follow in Sir Ed’s footsteps on virtual Trek to Nepal
23-year-old Courtney Richmond and a group of her fellow Waikato University Hillary Scholars have launched Trek to Nepal, a campaign to trek... Read More
New Bupsa water system completed
The new water system in Bupsa is complete! Bubsa is a village on the Everest trail a day’s walk south of Lukla,... Read More
Over $25,000 raised for COVID-19 Emergency Response
While life in New Zealand is getting back to normal, unfortunately our friends in Nepal aren’t as lucky. Nepal now has over... Read More
Khumbu Pasang Lhamu RM Chairman, Nim Dorje Sherpa, dies of cancer
We were saddened to hear of Nim Dorje Sherpa’s passing earlier this month at age 39 after a 10-month battle with intestinal... Read More
Reaching the summit to help the people of Nepal
The Himalayan Trust’s Summit Challenge has wrapped up for 2020 with 220 challengers who walked, hiked, biked and climbed the 8,848m height... Read More
Five years on from the 2015 Nepal earthquake
Today marks five years since the devastating 2015 Nepal earthquake. The magnitude 7.8 quake killed nearly 9,000 people, injured over 22,000 and... Read More
How COVID-19 is affecting the Himalayan Trust’s education programme
As of 9 April 2020, Nepal has nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 including one case of community transmission. There are no confirmed... Read More
The latest from Dr Kami Temba on COVID-19
We’re keeping in contact with our partners and friends in Nepal so that we can respond quickly to the evolving situation with... Read More
An update on COVID-19
To all our supporters and friends, we hope you and your family and whānau are keeping safe and well during this difficult... Read More