COMMUNITY ACTION NEPAL - Welcome
'Helping the Nepalese to help themselves'
Community Action Nepal (CAN) helps to bring long term benefits to these resourceful and proud mountain people. CAN has established more than 50 community projects focusing on health, water and sanitation, schools, education and cultural development. To discover more about our work Click here, or on the main menu buttons.
DOUG SCOTT Lecture Tour visits Ireland in November / December 2010
Final arrangments are being made for Doug's UK autumn lecture programme to visit Ireland. Venues will include Belfast, Dublin, Wexford, Galway and Cork. For dates and venues on Doug's 2010/11 England, Scotland and Ireland lecture tour please click here.
PEDAL POWER RAISES VITAL CAN FUNDS
On September 4th 2010 CAN supporter Shane Harris will attempt the Montane Kielder 100 cycle challange to raise CAN funds. To find out more and support Shane click here.
STOP PRESS : FIRST ON EVEREST: with Messner, Habeler, Band, Scott
Wednesday 17th November 2010, London
FIRST ON EVEREST : a unique and special event raising funds for the work of CAN and Promise Nepal.
Featuring legendary mountaineers including Reinhold Messner, Peter Habeler, George Band, Doug Scott, Erhard Loretan and Tom Hornbein. Hear the stories from those who dared to be the first .....from the first ascent, first balloon crossing to the first ascent without bottled oxygen.A unique event and gathering....not to be missed! Everest themed CAN events are also planned for Oxford, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Click here for more details.
CAN school pupils are Top of the Class - reaching their own summits!
It's that time of year when pupils anxiously await their results. In June 2010 three CAN schools opened their results envelopes - to find out how they've done click here.
200 visit the Garden Open Day at Doug and Trish Scott's Lakeland home
As part of the National Garden Scheme Doug and Trish opened their peaceful garden beneath Carrock Fell in the North Lakes on Sunday 11th July 2010. Despite howling wind and rain in the morning approximately 200 visitors enjoyed summer afternoon sunshine in the beautiful garden. Click here for more details
