All in aid of The Little Sherpa Foundation with contributions from award winning writer and television presenter, Cameron McNeish, BAFTA award winning adventure film maker, Richard Else, acclaimed best selling author, Fiona Valpy, and James Lamb of the Little Sherpa Foundation.
The Little Sherpa Foundation which is based in Little Dunkeld has continued to support Sherpa people in the Mount Everest National Park with ongoing scholarships enabling young people to remain in education & indeed enter college & university life, the provision of school uniforms, school books, gym kit, computers, internet connectivity & books written in the Sherpa language as well as the employment of Sherpa teachers & nurses. The charity also offers a "meals on wheels” service to the elderly. The rebuilding of monasteries continues. This year a micro hydro scheme has been built which has brought running water to a village of 450 people and has transformed their lives. All of these costs a lot of money and fund raising is non stop...