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 the distance from... Read More
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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 9,000 confirmed cases... 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 left millions homeless.... 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 cases in the... 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 COVID-19. Below is... 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 period. In times... Read More
Grandsons join the Everest climb for Nepal
Sir Ed’s grandsons George and Alex Hillary are embracing the Himalayan Trust Summit Challenge alongside hundreds of New Zealanders who will climb, hike and bike... Read More
Rock on Sean!
The fabulous Sean Pawson from Christchurch is taking his second Summit Challenge to a whole new level. He’s dubbed it the “Porter Challenge”. He isn’t just... Read More