Nepal House Build Challenge 2008
Part of First Hand Experience Nepal 2008
Congratulations to our fantastic team of 22 who have just returned from the stunning magical kingdom of Nepal where they worked alongside a local community building vital family homes.
From the moment they signed up and started raising their sponsorship right through to digging foundations, lifting bricks and mixing cement the team all worked really hard, with enthusiasm and dedication so thank you so much for that!
Throughout the week everyone got to know the villagers they were working with and despite the physical work and long days in the heat the days were full of smiles, laughter and fun as everyone pulled together to get the job done.
"The whole thing has been the most amazing experience of my life. I feel so privileged to have worked alongside such welcoming and lovely people." Grace Hall, Nepal 2008
At the end of the week the team had managed to get all 23 houses on the settlement started and the work they helped to achieve in five days would have normally taken the community 4-6 weeks to complete!
The team also raised over £78,000 for ActionAid's priority work, an amazing achievement! Their sponsorship will go towards funding ActionAid's priority work around the world to make a real and lasting difference to the lives of those living in poverty. Thank you so much to everyone who took part and to all your sponsors for making ths possible.
We are running the event again in 2009. If you would like to find out more just click on the link below to be sent a full brochure and registration form.
Find out more about First Hand Experience Nepal 2008
We shall be heading to Nepal to build houses with the villagers since the abolition of Kamaiya has left soo many homeless.
My Message
Please help me raise enough money to buy bricks, mortar and equipment to keep me busy for my trip to Nepal.
We are heading out in November 2008. During this unique challenge we shall be helping to build much needed homes for Kamaiya people in Nepal, and will be working alongside the home owners themselves!
I can't wait to do this, to learn more about the local culture and work alongside the people that will be living in these homes when we leave. It is going to be so important to complete this task, to give shelter and better prospects to families that currently have no where to live, since they have been turfed off the farmers lands from the abolition of bonded labour.
Please help, and give as much as you feel you can.
Thank you for your kind thoughts.
Lucy Lukins
Donations to date
| Name | Date | Amount | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suby Bahra | 12/10/2008 | £20.00 | Hi Lucy, Hope all goes well on your fanstastic journey, cant wait to hear what you get up to. See you when you get back, Subster | ||
| Nicola Richardson | 09/10/2008 | £50.00 | Lucy - have a fab time in Nepal and can't wait to hear all your stories on your return. Love Nic & Andrew | ||
| Lucy Lukins | 19/08/2008 | £5.00 | thank you to TANIA KING for all her help putting up tents in the pooring rain and putting up with me!!! To SHARON BELL my bestest bestest friend for ALL the various events and support and all the support I know she is going to give. Thank you. Love you guys xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | ||
| Colin Bell | 19/08/2008 | £50.00 | you will light up Nepal with your love and kindness and we will be in darkness until your return | ||
| Collecting @ sainsburys Weedon Road | 19/08/2008 | £175.00 | Thanks to Daddy for helping me all day in the cold foyer entrance!! & thanks to everyone in northampton who donated. L xx | ||
| Collecting @ Huntingdon Sainsburys | 19/08/2008 | £47.00 | Thanks to all who contributed, to Laura & Sharon for standing and shaking with hangovers!! L xx | ||
| The White Hart Quiz | 19/08/2008 | £102.00 | Thanks to Eire and to everyone who attended! Congrats to the winning team, and thanks to all who donated a raffle prize! great night x | ||
| WAX MANASSEH | 19/08/2008 | £160.00 | Thanks to Nick Manasseh for having his chest waxed, and being the brave hero we needed... Hilarious, painful and fun for his friends!! thank you x & Thank you to Chris & Mat for the music and to Laura, nikki & tracey for their help! | ||
| Trudy Page | 19/08/2008 | £50.00 | |||
| Aumit Bagchi | 19/08/2008 | £40.00 | From Aumit & Payal: Good Luck in the mudhuts Lucy!! | ||
| Lucy Lukins | 15/08/2008 | £15.00 | |||
| Elisa Thomas | 29/07/2008 | £11.00 | Good luck and hope to see you before you go. | ||
| Bina Skinner | 29/07/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck Lucy!! | ||
| Trudy Page | 29/07/2008 | £25.00 | For your productivity this morning | ||
| Mark Howell | 29/07/2008 | £20.00 | Despite working for Sainsbury's I still like you! Good luck. | ||
| Festival Of History @ Kelmarsh | 23/07/2008 | £110.00 | Thank you to all ECWS for supporting the cause. All those who had their tents put up by us, those who donated, and especially to 'My Lords Matty, Hoppy, Kirky, Muttly, Frosty, and Lord Uncle Rumbles' for keeping me busy all night with the bar service! | ||
| Sally Lukins | 09/07/2008 | £25.00 | |||
| CHARLES HEWITSON | 08/07/2008 | £50.00 | I hope you have a fantastic and rewarding time | ||
| Bag Packing @ Cambridge Store, Coldhams Lane | 18/06/2008 | £298.00 | Thank you to all the gernerous people of Cambridge & especially to sharon bell who came and stood for hours fundraising with me! you are a star! Thank you xxxx | ||
| Bag Packing @ London Colney Store | 18/06/2008 | £480.00 | Thank you to everyone who bag packed: Eileen (star packer!) Mummy & Daddy! you are all fantastic! couldn't do it without your support! Thanks to the shoppers of Colney Heath for their generosity! | ||
| Sylivia Saywell | 31/05/2008 | £20.00 | Good Luck & have an amazing experience! | ||
| Neil Whitehouse | 31/05/2008 | £10.00 | Good Luck! | ||
| Bag Packing @ Fairfield Park | 31/05/2008 | £384.00 | Thank you to Joe, Lorraine, Sharon, Mum, Dad & Sally. Plus everyone at Fairfield Park Sainsburys. great day collecting! | ||
| Corner Comedy Night | 12/05/2008 | £60.00 | Thanks to everybody who attended and especially to those that performed and organised! x very funny. | ||
| Mr & Mrs Chalkley | 12/05/2008 | £30.00 | Good Luck! | ||
| Car Boot | 27/04/2008 | £30.00 | Thank you to Parents and Sharon for car booting! | ||
| Alan Gibbons | 25/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Lindsay Dramchini | 25/04/2008 | £10.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Andy Chivers | 25/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Mike Goodwin | 25/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck! | ||
| Gina Eldred | 25/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck! | ||
| Su Tranter | 25/04/2008 | £5.00 | good luck! | ||
| phil harris | 25/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck! | ||
| Bag Packing Straiton - Edinburgh | 25/04/2008 | £124.00 | Fantastic! Thank you Nick R for all your hard work competing against the guides for this! L x | ||
| grand national charity sweepstakes | 15/04/2008 | £20.00 | Thanks to all that took part in the sweepstakes.. & especially to Emma M who donated her winnings back to the cause! | ||
| Robin Richardson | 15/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Adrian Bayliss | 15/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Richard Budd | 15/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Mike Beach | 15/04/2008 | £3.00 | good luck | ||
| Nigel Essam | 15/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Monica Kenny | 15/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Connie Mota | 15/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| Carol & Kevin Mayes | 15/04/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck | ||
| chris dix | 15/04/2008 | £10.00 | good luck | ||
| Lucy Lukins | 15/04/2008 | £45.00 | Thank you to everyone who bought cakes at the cake sale!! and a special thanks to Sue, Hannah and Louise for baking cakes!!! | ||
| Anna Kirkin | 12/04/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck Lucy! My boyfriend used to be in the Royal Gurkha rifles and speaks fluent Nepalese if you need anything translating! I'm envious of your trip as Dan tells me what a wonderful place it is. You'll have a fantastic time and I'm sure it will make a massive difference to the people. Good luck! Anna xx | ||
| Joe Sparrow | 05/04/2008 | £25.00 | Good luck with your trip. Its an inspiration, well done. Xx | ||
| Chris Egglington | 05/04/2008 | £5.00 | I want to sponsor a foundation brick!! and sign my name on it..... | ||
| Steve Blainey | 05/04/2008 | £5.00 | good luck | ||
| Barry Scott | 05/04/2008 | £5.00 | good luck! | ||
| orla walsh | 05/04/2008 | £10.00 | Good Luck! thats fantastic | ||
| Trudy Page | 03/04/2008 | £50.00 | What a wonderful thing to do. I hope the experience meets all your expectations. Goodluck. | ||
| Kip & Lynn U | 04/03/2008 | £10.00 | Good Luck. | ||
| Holly U | 04/03/2008 | £10.00 | I wish I could go... good luck. | ||
| May U | 04/03/2008 | £5.00 | really fantastic... well done | ||
| Eileen waterman | 04/03/2008 | £50.00 | Good Luck lucy | ||
| Pat & John Forster | 04/03/2008 | £50.00 | Good Luck! | ||
| Alison Ferneyhough | 04/03/2008 | £20.00 | What a great thing to do - have lots of fun!! | ||
| Andrew Macalpine | 29/02/2008 | £20.00 | Go for it Lucy! You can already point and plaster so you'll be a star! | ||
| Jonathan Osborne | 15/02/2008 | £10.00 | Good luck. I hope your house building is better than your canoe building!!! | ||
| Katie Nicholls | 11/02/2008 | £20.00 | Good Luck Lucy! xx | ||
| Dido Streatfield-Moore | 31/01/2008 | £50.00 | Good Luck! | ||
| Bobby Ball | 31/01/2008 | £10.00 | Good Luck! | ||
| Tony Haskell | 31/01/2008 | £10.00 | good luck! | ||
| Tabitha Woolard | 22/01/2008 | £10.00 | Good for you and good luck! | ||
| Simon Ainger | 18/01/2008 | £10.00 | |||
| Lucy Lukins | 14/01/2008 | £50.00 | from my penny jar, round 1... | ||
| John Washbourne | 12/01/2008 | £10.00 | For putting his tent up, thats worth a tenner! | ||
| Lucy Lukins | 12/01/2008 | £5.00 | Good Luck Lucy, from Sarah Lewis | ||
| David Lukins | 02/01/2008 | £50.00 | |||
| Lucy Lukins | 10/12/2007 | £50.00 | Yeah! lets get this started! | ||
| Offline Donations: | £100.00 | ||||
| Total donations: £ 3,214.00 | |||||
