Pipal Tree

04/06/2026

The Big Give just keeps on giving.....

I am delighted to announce that the Guernsey Overseas Aid & Development Commission (GOADC) has awarded Pipal Tree a grant of £70,000 towards an £80,000 project that will launch on 15th July this year. The remaining £10,000 will come from our Big Give Earth Raise campaign, which took place in Apri...

30/05/2026

https://www.pipaltree.org.uk/undergraduate-education-for-young-people-from-the-dalit-community-in-south-nepal/

Last week, Dev Narayan Mandal invited 16 young people from the local Dalit community in southern Nepal to a meeting at the office of our partner organisation, the Mithila Wildlife Trust (MWT). These young people are among the 33 students currently receiving bursaries from Pipal Tree, through MWT, en...

20/05/2026

https://www.pipaltree.org.uk/the-perils-of-plastic-in-south-nepal/

I am always horrified by the sheer scale of discarded plastic in Nepal, especially plastic water bottles. It is hard to understand the contradiction of how someone can speak so passionately about Nepal’s beauty, yet think nothing of throwing an empty bottle out of a bus window? Plastic pollution i...

15/05/2026

https://www.pipaltree.org.uk/three-peaks-in-24-hours/

Our two Big Give Earth Raise campaigns finally ended on Wednesday, securing a grand total of £124,912 plus a further £6,115 in Gift Aid (UK tax reclaim). A central element of the campaign was The 3 Peaks challenge organised by Matthew Greenslade and friends of Matthew's late son, Joe. Matthew has ...

05/05/2026

https://www.pipaltree.org.uk/snake-rescue-and-snakebite-mortality-mitigation-in-south-nepal/

29/04/2026

https://www.pipaltree.org.uk/outcome-of-our-big-give-earth-raise-2026-campaign/

28/04/2026

https://www.pipaltree.org.uk/turning-waste-into-opportunity-a-sustainable-sanitation-solution-for-south-nepal/

In Dhanusha District in south Nepal, a quiet but urgent sewage crisis is unfolding. Faecal sludge from septic tanks is being routinely dumped in open areas, fields, and waterways, contaminating land, polluting water sources, and posing serious risks to public health. Raw sewage is spread on the same...

28/04/2026

Phew! I completed my record-breaking (slowest-ever!) London Marathon on a very hot Sunday - but it's not over yet!

Just a final push to the line for Pipal Tree's Big Give Earth Raise campaign that ends at noon BST on Wednesday.

Please help our environmental projects in Nepal with a record-breaking donation that will automatically double in value and smash our fundraising target:

https://pipaltree.info/earthraise