My Story

A year ago I visited Nepal to hike to Annapurna base camp. It was an amazing experience but one that opened my eyes to what we often take for granted in the UK.

Kids In Kathmandu Nepal is a charity that has been helping poor and socially disadvantaged children and young adults in Kathmandu, Nepal to access education since it was set up in 2011. It is currently sponsoring 23 children through education, including university; and improving basic facilities and infrastructure in 9 schools in the Kathmandu Valley, thus benefitting over 3,500 pupils.

It has been shown that a child learns best when they have had a good breakfast. In Nepal, it also helps to improve access to education, giving these impoverished youngsters better life chances.
Over the years, Kids In Kathmandu Nepal (KIKN) has set up 9 breakfast clubs incrementally in the nine schools that it supports. It feeds almost 900 children every school day.

The benefits have been tremendous. The overall pupil population has increased between 20 to 40% in these schools. The schools report better pupil attendance, and improved ability to learn for those children receiving a daily breakfast.

Each year, like all small charities, Kids In Kathmandu Nepal (KIKN) works hard to raise funds to continue supporting all its school projects so it is a huge privilege to run the London Marathon to help with the work of the charity.

I’d love to give something back to such a wonderful and friendly country whose children just need a bit of extra help with their education and support to enable them to achieve their best. If you can contribute in even a small way it will go a long way to help. Thank you.