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HIMSHIKHARASocio-Cultural Society

Charity Trek

Trek. Serve. Sustain.

Run in partnership with Mountain Routes: a trekking route through Nepal, combined with service days that feed the schools, trails and community sites HISCUS already supports.

Snow-covered Himalayan peaks lit orange by sunrise, seen above dark forested ridges
Sunrise over the Annapurna range, the trekking context for the programme.

1. Trek

Walk a route in Nepal with Mountain Routes, an established trekking partner handling logistics, guiding and safety.

2. Serve

Take part in service days: trail cleanup, school cleaning and maintenance, classroom painting, infrastructure support and library development.

3. Sustain

The work goes into places HISCUS already supports, so it is maintained after the group leaves rather than abandoned.

The service half

What participants actually do

These are the activities HISCUS lists for the programme.

  • Trail cleanup

    Clearing waste from trekking routes, alongside the waste-management work HISCUS runs at ward level.

  • School cleaning and maintenance

    Practical repair and upkeep work at schools in the communities the route passes through.

  • Classroom painting

    Repainting and refurbishing classrooms, usually across a full service day.

  • Infrastructure support

    Contributing to the paths, walls and community structures HISCUS builds and maintains.

  • Library development

    Building and stocking library spaces to support before and after-school learning.

On the ground

From programme days

  • A group of Nepali hosts and international visitors wearing marigold garlands outside a building
    A visiting group welcomed at the start of a Charity Trek programme.
  • Two visitors being welcomed with a ceremonial scarf by a member of staff in an office
    Orientation and welcome before programme placements begin.
  • Four people bent over rows of vegetables, weeding and tending a terraced field
    Tending a community vegetable plot during environment and composting work.
  • Six volunteers and staff seated together inside a vehicle on the way to a field site
    Travelling out to a field site.

Plan a trek

Dates, costs and what is included

Departure dates, duration, eligibility, costs, inclusions, safety arrangements, how the contribution is allocated and cancellation terms are confirmed with Mountain Routes and HISCUS for each group.

None of those details is published here as a fixed figure, because they are set per trek. Send your dates and group size and you will get the actual terms in writing.

Charity Trek is delivered with Mountain Routes. Trekking logistics, guiding and safety are handled by the trekking partner.

Enquire about a Charity Trek

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