PAHAR TRUST NEPAL (UK)
PTN (UK) been working in Nepal for over 30 years.
Pahar Trust Nepal (PTN) is a UK & IOM registered charity established in 1993 that provides improved education, health and sanitation facilities to rural communities in Nepal. It works in partnership with its sister NGO in Pokhara, Nepal that employs a team of around 12 full-time staff to deliver it's projects.
The projects are delivered by PTN team members based in the PTN offices located in the city of Pokhara. They work with local communities to identify new projects, design the buildings and deliver construction work. The team have significant working knowledge of the local communities in Nepal and the challenges faced in delivering construction and training to these remote areas.
The original chairman of the NGO board in Nepal is the Co-Founder of the Trust, Chandra Bahadur Gurung. Chandra has retired as chairman, and the present chairman is Bijuli Bahadur Gurung
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Not only do the PTN provide new schools within rural communities, they also employ a dedicated local team of builders providing valuable employment opportunities to the Nepali community by working with local construction contractors to deliver projects.
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They build schools, providing safe and secure places for children to learn and realise their potential and train engaged, enthusiastic and knowledgeable teachers that provide quality education.
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Pahar Trust Nepal was founded by two friends and former Queen's Gurkha Engineers, Tom Langridge MBE and Chandra Bahadur Gurung with a mission to provide improved school buildings and education in the remote mountain communities of Nepal. For 200 years the Gurkhas have served Britain and over 43,000 have died in service. True to its origins and links to the Gurkhas the Trust continues to honour and support many of the Gurkha communities in Nepal.
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The first school, in the village of Pokhari Thok, was completed in 1991. Due to their expert skills, training, local knowledge and desire to improve the lives of Nepal's next generation, ex-Gurkha officers were employed to organise and oversee school building projects. Based on the success of this first project the aims of the Trust expanded to provide schools for other communities in need and, in 1993 the charity was registered in the UK and the Isle of Man. In 2005 Tom Langridge MBE retired as Chairman of the Foundation and the position was taken over by Howard Green MBE. With Howard's background in education improvement and teacher training the Trust developed to focus on improving the quality of teaching as well as the provision of new schools. In 2013 the team in Nepal were registered as an NGO at the District Administration Office Kaski (Registered No 3047) and affiliated to Social Welfare Council (Affiliated No 37327) with the main focus to construct schools in remote areas of Nepal.
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Please visit www.pahar-trust.org for more information