
Hi my name is Taisei Akiyama and I'm doing World Challenge
I would like to thank everyone that donated, supported and attended my events and fundraising activities to achieve and fulfil a successful memorable and life-changing experience.
£ 2,700.00
Raised to date
Target
£2,700.00
The money I am raising is for a trip to Nepal, where I will be helping the community and doing an expedition.
Fundraising Activities & Events
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Car boot markets
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Gardening
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House painting
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Car washing
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3 hour Cycling session during Parents evening
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Donut sale
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Lucky day prize draw
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Sweet shop & games stand at School fair
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Curry night
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Dog show
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Cream tea cafe
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Christmas bag packing at Waitrose & Sainsbury’s
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Nepalese restaurant night
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Raffles
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Rock n roll bingo night
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Abseil in velodrome
Hillside Academy is a community school that was established in 2007. This school was established to provide an education facility for the children of the surrounding local villages who had no realistic access to education. The school enrolled over 50 students in the first year and in 2016 this rose to 325 students (girls and boys) aged between 3 -‐ 16 years old..
I was being deeply moved by the welcome the school in northern Kathmundu (SHREE BAL VIKAS SAMAJ), gave the team. We started our community engagement phase, with sanding and repainting window panes and collecting paving stones from the top of the hill to the school to be later paved. I saw how they appreciate what they have and they were so grateful. To us it seems like they don't have many things and we definitely have access to more things but is that better...?"
World Challenge teams have been visiting this project site since December 2011. The teams have refurbished classrooms, painted and designed wall murals and helped to dig and place concrete frames to form a septic tank at their rented premise.

Trek info
Poon Hill trek. Time to embark on a stunning 5 day camping trek in the Annapurna Conservation Area, which offers truly breath-taking scenery. The trek is a great opportunity to immerse ourselves in the tremendous cultural diversity of this part of the Himalayas.
The second half of the trip included a 4 day hike up to 1,500 ft and over 35 hours of trekking through a mountanous landscape. On the 3rd day we rose extra early at 4am to scale the final ascend up to Poon Hill and experience the awesome sunrise. When we got to the top, all the trekking had been so worth it. The sun rose, and the clouds separated to unleash a breath-taking view of the surrounding mountains. we celebrated with Hot Chocolate !
Traveling with a team of experienced and extremely knowledgeable local guides, porters and cooks, who’ll help us understand the local culture and see the wildlife. We’ll pass trailside shrines, teahouses and local villages. The route will take us through cultivated fields, forests, rhododendron forests, bamboo thickets, lush foothills, and near picturesque blue lakes. The trail then climbs to Poon Hill, where (weather permitting!) we’ll have superb views of the surrounding peaks. We’ll be trekking for up to six hours every day, navigating our own way along the trail.