Engagement On Mount Everest For Wokingham DC's Fundraiser
Altitude sickness and sub-zero temperatures were all in a day’s work for Wokingham District Council's Jenny Coates when she made a twelve day trek across the Nepali Himalayas to Everest Base Camp this Easter.
And the sense of achievement in trekking to the world’s highest mountain wasn’t all she brought back – boyfriend Phil proposed to her at Everest Base Camp, at a height of 5,300m.
Jenny and Phil made the expedition to raise money for a school partnership, between The Holt School in Wokingham and a school in the Himalayas for impoverished farmers’ daughters, known as Laxmi Ashram.
“I’m so pleased we made it,” said Jenny. “We’ve raised £5,000 for the school partnership. Laxmi Ashram will now be able to buy lots of computer equipment and correspond regularly with The Holt School by email.”
When they reached Everest Base Camp, Jenny and Phil were so thrilled with their achievement that they decided to get married.
“I thought all the excitement would be over when we got back from the trip,” said Jenny. “But now we have a wedding to organise. Another adventure!”
After the trek to Mount Everest, Jenny and Phil visited Laxmi Ashram, the Himalayan school in the remote rural community of the Kumaon, who will receive the money raised and build an email relationship with Wokingham’s Holt School. Jenny presented the school with a DVD made by girls from class 8C at The Holt.
“Girls from The Holt have videoed themselves in class, so that the children of Laxmi Ashram can see what a British school is like. With the money we have raised, I hope Laxmi Ashram may soon be able to make a video of themselves at work in the Ashram, and send it here to The Holt in return.”
Nandi, a student at Laxmi Ashram, said, “Our schools are very different. But one thing we have in common is that we usually have to work from books, which can become monotonous. Meeting students from another country by email has made the curriculum much more lively… for all of us, in India and in the UK!’
“Visiting Laxmi Ashram was a lovely end to our fundraising expedition,” said Jenny. “Hopefully one day girls from The Holt can follow in our footsteps and visit their Himalayan friends on a pupil exchange. “
To find out more about the partnership between Laxmi Ashram and The Holt, or to donate money towards the computer equipment, please call Jenny on (0118) 974 6011.
And the sense of achievement in trekking to the world’s highest mountain wasn’t all she brought back – boyfriend Phil proposed to her at Everest Base Camp, at a height of 5,300m.
Jenny and Phil made the expedition to raise money for a school partnership, between The Holt School in Wokingham and a school in the Himalayas for impoverished farmers’ daughters, known as Laxmi Ashram.
“I’m so pleased we made it,” said Jenny. “We’ve raised £5,000 for the school partnership. Laxmi Ashram will now be able to buy lots of computer equipment and correspond regularly with The Holt School by email.”
When they reached Everest Base Camp, Jenny and Phil were so thrilled with their achievement that they decided to get married.
“I thought all the excitement would be over when we got back from the trip,” said Jenny. “But now we have a wedding to organise. Another adventure!”
After the trek to Mount Everest, Jenny and Phil visited Laxmi Ashram, the Himalayan school in the remote rural community of the Kumaon, who will receive the money raised and build an email relationship with Wokingham’s Holt School. Jenny presented the school with a DVD made by girls from class 8C at The Holt.
“Girls from The Holt have videoed themselves in class, so that the children of Laxmi Ashram can see what a British school is like. With the money we have raised, I hope Laxmi Ashram may soon be able to make a video of themselves at work in the Ashram, and send it here to The Holt in return.”
Nandi, a student at Laxmi Ashram, said, “Our schools are very different. But one thing we have in common is that we usually have to work from books, which can become monotonous. Meeting students from another country by email has made the curriculum much more lively… for all of us, in India and in the UK!’
“Visiting Laxmi Ashram was a lovely end to our fundraising expedition,” said Jenny. “Hopefully one day girls from The Holt can follow in our footsteps and visit their Himalayan friends on a pupil exchange. “
To find out more about the partnership between Laxmi Ashram and The Holt, or to donate money towards the computer equipment, please call Jenny on (0118) 974 6011.
Wokingham District Council
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