Sir Edmund and Louise Hillary founded the Himalayan Trust in the 1960s. Since then, they’ve inspired New Zealanders to work with friends and partners in Nepal to bring quality education, safe water, and better healthcare to the Everest region. The Himalayan Trust is an international non-profit humanitarian organisation working in the Solukhumbu region of Nepal. Our aim is to improve the health, education and general wellbeing of people living in this region—an area where Sir Edmund Hillary first set off to climb Mt Everest and where he ended up spending many years over his lifetime.