CHESHIRE Fire and Rescue cadets and a team leaders have recently returned from helping build classrooms in an isolated area of Nepal.

In total, 15 cadets participated including three from Warrington - Nathan Webb, Alex Williams and Joe Shevelan and eight leaders including cadet manager Vicky Wrest from Stockton Heath.

The two week trip was part of a project to build new classrooms on the side of an existing school in Kangel,  in the Solukhumbu district in the Sagarmatha Zone of North-Eastern Nepal.

To get to the village the group trekked for five days before starting work building the new classrooms ready for children to use. In total the project cost £80,000 which was all raised by the cadets and leaders.

 Accompanied on the trip by a doctor from the United Kingdom and Dawa Geljen Sherpa and his team of Sherpas, the group paid for building the classrooms, the groups flights, accommodation and the equipment needed to finish off the project, which was delivered through the charity Classrooms in the Clouds (CiTC).

Deputy chief fire officer for Cheshire Fire's  Mark Cashin who is a trustee for CiTC said: “The serivice is dedicated to developing our cadets and young leaders and this project is evidence of the commitment we have to enhancing young lives both here and in Nepal.

“This is the second school project that cadets have been involved in with CiTC and we are planning another next year with a group of apprentices because the projects have been such a success.”

Many Nepalese children receive inadequate education or in many cases, no education at all. Nepal is ranked  12th least literate country in the world with 54.9 per cent of men and 72 per cent of women being unable to read or write.