LED’s Annual Fundraiser – Saturday 12 September 2026 – Registration Now Open

March 19, 2026March 19, 2026 / LED

If you would like to come to this year’s Annual Fundraiser event in September at Thirlmere Recreation Hall in the Lake District, please complete this online registration form.

There will be updates and more information as we move through the year but the plan is to meet at The Hall at 08:30 – 08:45 (precise time to be confirmed closer to the date) on the morning of the 12th September and do a walk in the area depending on weather, fitness levels, and so on. As always, several options will be available.

This will be followed by tea, coffee and cake on our return, and then an evening of food and relaxation and fun all in the name of raising money to make a difference to the rural and remote mountain communities in Nepal and Peru that many of us have visited, are visiting, or would love to visit.

If you would like to come to the walk and the dinner (or just the walk; or just the dinner) please fill out the form and click the submit button at the end.

Payment information is included within the form but if you would like to make a donation or do some additional fundraising then this would be very welcome indeed, in which case then please feel free to go to our JustGiving page or to set up your own JustGiving page and choose to support Light Education Development.

We very much look forward to seeing you in September.

LED’s Annual Fundraiser – Saturday 12 September 2026 – Save the Date!

January 27, 2026 / LED

This year’s annual fundraising walk and dinner will be on Saturday 12 September 2026 in Thirlmere in the Lake District.

There are plenty of options for the walk(s) and we will gather for the ever popular meal and social at Thirlmere Village Hall in the evening.

It’s a great opportunity to catch up with Val and friends old and new, and to support LED’s work in remote mountain communities of Nepal and Peru.

More details and the registration form will be circulated closer to the time, but in the meantime – Save the Date!

LED Projects 2026: Samagaon School

January 19, 2026 / LED

In Nepal’s Manaslu region, we have a long term relationship with Samagaon School which we have been supporting since 2010. It is a school for pupils up to the age of 12 and is a boarding school because for most pupils in this remote area home is a day’s walk or more away. Agriculture is important to the area and the Manaslu Circuit has now developed to be a tea house trek, providing more economic activity and employment. The school aims to provide a broadly based education equipping its students to progress to work in the wider economy and for further education, typically in Kathmandu.

We have been providing school supplies each year together with sports equipment and science equipment. Samagaon is where the valley of the Budhi Gandaki opens out and there is enough flat ground for a cricket pitch. We and our donors have also funded buying traditional dress outfits used in festivals through the year. The school uses our solar lights too.

The school has a strong leadership and teaching team. We have encouraged them to develop their own list of longer term major projects they want to undertake. At the top of this list are solar heated showers and solar powered standby electricity supplies. Without reliable hot water remaining clean and healthy is a challenge for the pupils and the hydro-powered electricity supply is not entirely reliable. We will be supporting the school in 2026 and beyond in funding and supporting the management of these initial and further projects.