Himalayan Trust
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| Founded | 1960 |
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| Founder | Sir Edmund Hillary |
| Founded at | New Zealand |
| Type | International organization |
| Registration no. | CC39393 |
| Focus | Poverty eradication, disaster relief |
| Headquarters | New Zealand |
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Area served
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Solukhumbu district, Nepal |
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Chair
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Lynley Cook |
| Mission | The Himalayan Trust works to empower communities and reduce poverty in the Everest region of Nepal |
| Website | www |
| 1960 | Sir Edmund Hillary establishes the Himalayan Trust |
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| 1961 | Khumjung school is built |
| 1963 | Pangboche and Thami school built. |
| 1964 | First landing at Lukla airstrip after built by the Trust |
| 1966 | Khunde hospital opens |
| 1973 | Salleri High school built. |
| 1976 | Phaplu hospital opens |
| 1986 | Karikola Middle school built |
| 2002 | Local Sherpa, Kami Temba takes charge at Khunde hospital |
| 2014 | Lukla water project completed. |
| 2014 | Everest Avalanche Appeal launched.. |
| 2015 | Nepal Earthquake Appeal launched and rebuild work begins. |
The Himalayan Trust is an international non-profit humanitarian organisation first established in the 1960s by Sir Edmund Hillary, who led the trust until his death in 2008. The Himalayan Trust aims to improve the health, education and general wellbeing of people living in the Solukhumbu district. The Himalayan Trust is headquartered in New Zealand where it is a registered charity through the Charities Commission. The Trust has charitable and donee status and is a member of the Council for International Development (CID).
The Himalayan Trust operates from New Zealand. It maintains a small staff, preferring to work through partnerships with local NGOs in Nepal, such as The Himalayan Trust Nepal and has a focus on capacity building.
A Board of Directors meets regularly to approve strategic plans and budgets and determine policy. The current chairperson is Lynley Cook. The Board is made up of eight members who are elected every two years. The members cover a wide range of experience and expertise across education and health, and all have a passion for Nepal.
A large proportion of the funding comes from donations from the New Zealand public, as well ongoing support from New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme.
In 1960, Sir Edmund Hillary was in the Everest region leading an expedition studying high altitude physiology. At a high camp one night he asked Sirdar Urkien what, above all, would he like for his children and the Sherpa people. …Urkien asked for a school in his village of Khumjung. By 1961 the first school was built in the Khumbu region of Nepal, as the first major project of the Himalayan Trust.
Ed wrote: The opening ceremony was a remarkable occasion. Surrounded by clouds and fog with frequent showers of rain, the villagers celebrated the important occasion with great enthusiasm. The following year Ed received requests for two more schools, one from Thame and one from Pangboche. The letter from Thame read:
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