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On the 6th of Septemeber 2008 DCWC Nepal (UK) are holding a charity ball at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool. We are please to announce that we can now confirm Antonio Forcione will headline the entertainment for the evening, along with other acts soon to be announced.
Hailed as the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar’, […]

So yes, I am the one who always nags people to update the blog and the gallery, and finally when it’s my turn I take 6 weeks to get round to it! – A hypocrite or what, anyway here I am now and here are my ramblings.
On April the 9th a group of 6 went […]

Accrington Stanley present cheque to DCWC Nepal
At Accrington Stanleys penultimate home game against Barnet DCWC Nepal were presented with a cheque at the half time interval.

 Steve Lowe presents the cheque to Gary Collier and Sean Wilson of DCWC Nepal
The £3000 raised by the Accrington Stanley Ultras will go towards building a school in Nepal due […]

Would you like to build a school in Nepal?

Four room schools are our most popular schools donated to us. The packages for a four-room school start at around £4000, which covers the building, furniture and all stationary required.
 

The donor has an input into the name of the school and has a permanent plaque fixed into […]

Accrington Stanley “Ultras” Charity Walk to Rochdale

On Sunday March 15th a group of over 60 Accrington Stanley fans walked 15 miles to Stanleys away game at Rochdale to raise funds to build a school in Nepal. The project was organised by BBC Radio Lancashire DJ Steve Lowe who is a life long Accrington Stanley supporter

Last year Steve […]

HSBC commit to school build in Nepal

Thanks to the very kind interest shown by Andy Collins, Regional premier manager of HSBC in Fishergate, Preston, DCWC Nepal is to build a school with funds raised at a charity evening back in November. The HSBC very kindly raised funding on the evening for 3 charities which was split […]

Congleton high school raise funds to build school

 We would like to say a big thank you to Congleton high school for their wonderful efforts in raising enough funding to build a school in Nepal. Since our original meeting with teacher Caroline Eckersley the school as worked hard undertaking different projects by the children to enable […]

DCWC Nepal to build hospital in Kavre, Nepal
Plans are now under way to start building what will eventually become a 50 bed hospital in the remote region of Kavre in Nepal. The build will be done in phases as funds arise with the total timescale being anything up to 10 years

 Phase 1 - front view
The initial […]

First school of 2008 nearing completion
In what will be a busy year on the school building front, the first school at Darka, Ramechap is nearing completion. The school is being financed by the youth group at Cleveleys methodist church near Blackpool who have been doing a variety of fund raising events to raise the required […]

DCWC Nepal Chourikhola festival 2007
We recently completed our first health, school and football tournament in a remote region of Kavre district in Nepal. The four day festival included the opening of a school, health camps and a four day football tournament.

DCWC Nepal Bus struggling through the monsoon mud
This was unchartered territory in terms of logistics for […]

Red Balloons released for DCWC Nepal in Cleveleys
Over 500 balloons were released into the Cleveleys skyline as part of the youth group at Cleveleys Park Methodist church fund raising exercise. The group have been undertaking a variety of projects to help them raise the funding to build a school in Nepal.

The balloon release was part […]

DCWC back at Radio Lancashire
DCWC were invited back to Radio Lancashire today. Sean Wilson (Patron) and Gary Collier (trustee) were invited on to the Ted Robbins show however Ted was out of town and Stephen Lowe took the chair. The discussion centred around the Everest base camp trek and the up and coming football festival […]

DCWC Nepal on the BBC
BBC north west news ran an article on DCWC Nepal. The 2 minute clip was aired on Tuesday 10th July and showed some of the work we did in opening the school at Bimphedi in early May.

 The article was presented by Elaine Wilcox and showed the work DCWC Nepal undertake with […]

Brian Kilcline to play in Chourikhola Football tournament

 Brian Kilcline is the latest familiar face to join us at the Chourikhola festival football tournament in August. We are very privelaged to have Brian along. There arent many footballers who have experinced holding the FA cup in the air at Wembley stadium as a winning captain but […]

2nd June 2007
Sean becomes DCWC Nepal Patron
 We would like to take this opportunity to Thank Mr Sean Wilson for kindly agreeing to become a patron of DCWC Nepal. Since Seans initial connections to DCWC Nepal he has become a true friend of DCWC Nepal and it has been a pleasure to have him around. Sean […]

June 2nd 2007

DCWC Nepal/UAP Charity ball
On June 2nd 2007 we were very honoured to have a very high quality charity ball held in behalf of the DCWC Nepal. The charity ball was further proof of commitment from UAP Manageing director Dave Jennings who already has poured in finance to fund the 5 school Nepal community […]

23rd May 2007
Congleton High school stop day
On 23rd may 2007 we were kindly invited along to Congleton high school to take part in a stop day organised by religious studies teacher Caroline Eckersley. The day long event was aimed at giving the students further insight into cultures unfamiliar to them. Last year the school had […]

7th May 2007
Bimphedi school opening
On 7th May 2007 we opened the first of the 5 schools being donated by UAP under their Nepal community schools project in Bimphedi. The school was named the Batuk Bhairab “Philip Andrew Jennings” memorial primary school in memory of the brother of Dave Jennings (UAP MD) who tragically died at […]

19th April 2007
Everest base camp trek 2007
Our annual visit the base camp of the worlds highest peak has been successfully completed with all reaching base camp and all bar one reaching the summit of Kala Pataar

At the top of Kala Pataar 5545m
The 19 day trip included visits to tourist sights in Kathmandu and a school […]

In memory of Tim Kane
On Wednesday 18th April Tim Kane was tragically killed in a road accident whilst out riding his bike. Tim lived in Kidderminster and had become a good friend of DCWC Nepal. He had made plans to join us for the the school opening festival in September in Nepal and was also […]

15th April 2007
DCWC Nepal goes to Tibet
DCWC took its first charity cross land trip to Nepal. The trip involved travelling across land from Kathmandu (via Tama Khani to open the school) to Lhasa and returning to Kathmandu by Aeroplane. the duration of the trip was eight days.
 
Members of the Tibet trip outside the Potala
Despite one […]

 14th April 2007
Tama Khani school opening ceremony
Tama Khani (Copper mine in Nepali) school was opened today by Phil Hanson trustee of DCWC Nepal. Phil personally funded the project out of his own pocket after attending his first school opening the previous year and pledging then to return and build a school himself.
 
DCWC Nepals Phil Hanson opens […]

(29th March 2007) 
Sean gets kitted out by Alpine Centre in Blackpool
The Alpine centre in Blackpool today welcomed Sean Wilson to town to be kitted out for the upcoming trek to Everest base camp. Malcolm Bunn, Alpine Centre proprieter, heard about DCWC Nepals trek to Nepal and kindly offered to kit Sean out at his own expense.
  
Sean […]

28th March 2007 
Cozmic TV comes to home of DCWC Nepal
Jason Graham and the Cozmic TV team found their way to the home of the DCWC Nepal to continue with their film shoot. The charity’s base is also the home of Pink Lotus Thangka a retail outlet for Tibetan Thangka paintings in St Annes on sea, […]

 23rd March 2007
Documentary gets under way at UAP
On 23rd March the documentary shoot got under way at the offices of UAP in Bury. Jason Graham of Cozmic TV turned up with film crew to film Dave Jennings (Managing Director of UAP) who is financing not only the five school “Nepal community schools program” but also […]

13th March 2007 
Sean Wilson to join Everest base camp trek
On 13th March 2007 Sean Wilson (Sean played the character of Martin Platt in Coronation Street for 21 years) agreed to join us on our Everest base camp trek in April.
 
Jason Graham (Cozmic TV) with Sean Wilson
Gary Collier of DCWC Nepal and Jason Graham of Cozmic […]

Radio Lancashire interview with DCWC Nepal

Two DCWC Nepal trustees were invited along to Radio Lancashire today to talk about the charity and more specifically the Everest base camp trek. Gary and James appeared on Gillys show which is aired each day from 3.00 pm till 4.30pm and were asked a variety of questions regarding the charity.

 The […]

DCWC Nepal documentary

We have just completed an agreement between our sponsors UAP and Blackpool based production company Cozmic TV to shoot a fly on the wall documentary which will charter the progress of our projects through most of 2007. The shootings will focus predominantly on the events in Nepal in April/May and September and also […]

DCWC Nepal charity ball to be held in June

On June 2nd 2007 we will be holding a charity ball at the Cloisters suite at the Holiday inn, Bolton. This event is being sponsored by our current community school sponsors UAP who are covering all the costs of this “premier black tie event”.
   
 All the proceeds for […]

First UAP school build at Bimphedi underway

Work is now under way on the first of 5 schools to be built by the company UAP under their “Nepal community schools programme. This school is being built at Bimphedi VDC a region to the south of Kathmandu on the road to the Terrai and the Indian border.

 Charity […]