What we’ve built in Chyangba

Six buildings in one village in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district, paid for by the vertical feet of every expedition since 2008.

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Every project since 2008

What we have built in Chyangba

Girls sitting on the new bunk beds in the Chyangba dormitory.

The Chyangba Girls’ Dormitory

Each girl now has her own sleeping space, bed and bedding, and a shared dining area where everyone eats together instead of in shifts. It sits a short walk below the school campus.

Completed: February 2026
Beds: 20
Open: Ten months a year

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The earthquake resistant school with its blue roof and prayer flags.

Wongchu Biswa Darshan School

Rebuilt with the Nepali Relief Fund of Indiana and an architect from Kathmandu after the April 2015 quake, on an initiative of Pemba Dorjee Sherpa .

Built: 2016
Structure: Earthquake-resistant
Students: 56 a year

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A two storey stone building with blue window frames and a long green roofed block on a ridge above forested hills, with snow peaks on the horizon.

Smokeless stoves

Stoves carried up by truck and on foot and installed in the village kitchens, and the dedication of the two storey school buildings.

Year: 2015
Installed: Village kitchens
Also: Two storey classrooms

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The two storey schoolhouse with its stone wall brought down by the April 2015 earthquake.

The school the quake took down

The schoolhouse built the year before the April 2015 earthquake destroyed it, and the reason the village rebuilt to withstand the next one.

Built: 2014
Lost: April 2015
Rebuilt: 2016

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Library shelves stocked with books at the school in Chyangba.

Library, furniture and uniforms

The 2009 team built new classroom furniture, constructed the library shelving and seating, and handed out new uniforms to every child, teacher and the Head Master.

Year: 2009
Team: Eight trekkers
Uniforms: Every child

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A trekker painting the wall of the old schoolhouse in 2008.

The first walk in

The flagship team painted the school building and classrooms, planned the library and media centre, and levelled the playground for the October dental camp.

Year: May 2008
Route: Everest Base Camp
Village: Chyangba

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Every trek, since 2008

The expeditions that paid for the buildings, and the one leaving next.

May 2008

The first walk in

Everest Base Camp, then on to Chyangba. They painted the schoolhouse and levelled the playground.
2009

The library goes in

Classroom furniture, library shelving and seating, and uniforms for every child and teacher.
2014

The school building

The schoolhouse built the year before the earthquake took it down.
2015

Smokeless stoves

Stoves installed in the village, and the two-story classroom buildings dedicated.
October 2016

The school reopens

Rebuilt to withstand the next quake. Still the only earthquake-resistant school in the region.
2018

Back to Chyangba

The 2018 team trekked to the village and on to Everest Base Camp.

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One school year, four campaigns

A school year for one girl costs $650, for uniform, school supplies, room and board. Pick the campaign you want to back: the girls’ hostel, student uniforms, teacher salaries, or the general operations of the school.

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