FIRE cadets including two youngsters who volunteer at Warrington Fire Station will fly to Nepal this weekend to help build a school.

The group will head to Kathmandu on Saturday before tackling a four and a half day trek through the Himalayas to reach the village on Kangel.

The youngsters have been fundraising for the trip of a lifetime which will see them build six classrooms.

The group of 15 cadets and eight leaders have raised more than £80,000 for the project in partnership with charity Classrooms in the Clouds.

They will be joined by Dr Jason van der Velde and a team of Sherpas who will accompany the group during their stay.

Head of prevention at Cheshire Fire Nick Evans will also be joining the group and said: “So many people have helped us reach this point and without their generosity we wouldn't be able to help these school children in Nepal.

"We would like to thank family, relatives, friends, as well as all the partner agencies and colleagues who have supported all the fundraising activities to enable us to raise the money for this trip.

“We will be writing a daily blog while out in Nepal, which will be on our website cheshirefire.gov.uk so please take a look and see for yourself some of the photos and experiences that we will have along the journey.”