Lehara works with people in rural communities in Nepal to provide them with valuable skills. Whilst the trekking industry provides employment opportunities as porters, guides or sherpas to some, this is not accessible to many - particularly women in the area.

However, Lehara is using the trekking industry to help create other employment opportunities, by developing a sports massage service along the Everest Base Camp walking route. By training a core team of massage therapists, they will create economic opportunities for communities living along the route, as well as benefitting the trekkers with a valuable service. 

Lehara provides full training for people wanting to become sport massage therapists, allowing them to gain professional qualifications and take a job at Lehara's clinics that are located on the Everest Base Camp route. 

And the impact will go way beyond this - a large proportion (around 60%) of the revenue generated will be invested back into community initiatives that seek to improve education, advance healthcare and support environmental conservation across the Khumbu Valley region.

This is a real opportunity to create a sustainable business that provides a valuable service to trekkers and creates fulfilling work for locals.

Located at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, One Bike is a social enterprise that uses bicycles to empower and improve the local community through education, environmental awareness and promoting sustainable tourism.

Transport is a crucial issue for most rural people in Tanzania. It’s expensive and unreliable, so people regularly walk long distances to access basic services such as school or healthcare facilities and to the market which may be the main source of income for families.

People in remote areas, and women in particular, are often limited because of their restricted mobility, being unable to reach places because of cost or logistics – but bicycles are known to be a significant tool for combatting this.

One Bike provides tools, spare parts and more to people in disadvantaged or marginalized communities. Fundraising efforts have also seen the construction of a fully equipped repair centre, plus One Bike hosts regular repair workshops which are run by trained female mechanics.

Any donations go directly to the Women on Bikes project.

The Pashmina Handicraft Project is a women-run cooperative in Maan Village, located at 14,000ft in Ladakh, India. This high-altitude region has limited employment opportunities, especially for women.

The area benefits from domestic tourism, and the Changthang women want to use wool from their herds to create beautiful Pashmina wool products, like traditional weaved shawls, that can be sold to visitors.

Working in conjunction with GHE, the Explore Foundation is funding the set up of a cooperative building which will include weaving equipment, training sessions and solar panel installation, so the building can run on renewable energy.

This fundraiser is now closed but further donations will be allocated where they can make the biggest impact.

This project is providing reusable menstruation kits for girls in Cambodia.

Across the world, many girls have to resort to makeshift menstruation pads, using materials like banana leaves, mattress stuffing and feathers. Many Cambodian girls currently have to miss several days of school each month around their menstrual cycle.

This initiative sees the girls provided with washable menstruation kits, allowing students to attend school regardless of the time of the month. Plus, the kits are handsewn in Siem Reap from 100& cotton, and ensures women are paid a fair salary for their work.

So far, we’ve funded the creation and distribution of 200 reusable menstrual kits.

Just £12 will cover the cost of one long-lasting, washable menstrual kit.