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Himalayan Trust
Founded1960
FounderSir Edmund Hillary
Founded atNew Zealand
TypeInternational organization
Registration no.CC39393
FocusPoverty eradication, disaster relief
HeadquartersNew Zealand
Area served
Solukhumbu district, Nepal
Chair
Lynley Cook
Websitewww.himalayantrust.org

The Himalayan Trust is an international non-profit humanitarian organisation first established in the 1960s by Sir Edmund Hillary, who led the trust until his death in 2008.[1] The Himalayan Trust aims to improve the health, education and general wellbeing of people living in the Solukhumbu District.

The Himalayan Trust is headquartered in New Zealand where it is a registered charity through the Charities Commission. The Trust has charitable status being a member of the Council for International Development (CID).

  1. ^ "Obituary: Sir Edmund Hillary". BBC News. Retrieved 11 January 2008.

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