At the beginning of 2012, Penfield became involved with non-profit charity Mountain Trust which specializes in promoting and developing education, health and human rights in the central and western regions of Nepal.

After hearing about 'Radio Guru', a special project that distributes FM radios across the country to remote communities who often have little or no education, we were keen to raise awareness about this nice initiative and contribute in any way we could.



Through these wind-up radios, the charity broadcasts the national curriculum for one hour every day with Mountain Trust aiming to broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. "The inequalities in education are vast, while the lack of stable government means that tools like this are ever more important and we hope that this film help reach the goal of broadcasting 24 hours a day to students of all ages," reported filmmaker Ivan Ogilvie.



Ivan Ogilvie and Anna Martin set out to Nepal to highlight the work done by the charity so we provided clothing and wool hats for the film crew and the children. Ivan and Anna were visiting a small village outside the city of Biharawa, in the Rupendehi district, where the local people had donated land in order to build a school. The crew has now returned with some great photos that we are delighted to share with you here.



You can find out more about the Radio Guru and other projects that Mountain Trust are working on in Nepal at http://www.mountain-trust.org