The Gurkha Welfare Trust
Social & Welfare Services in Salisbury, Wiltshire
The Gurkha Welfare Trust is a registered charity which was set up in 1969. It goals and to relieve poverty and distress among Gurkha ex-servicemen of the British Crown and their dependants. This is achieved by raising funds for distribution in Nepal through the Trust's field arm, the Gurkha Welfare Scheme, and responding to welfare requirements as they arise in the UK. The Trust supports around 10, 000 welfare pensioners in Nepal. Most are in their 80s and are completely reliant on the Trust for a dignified comfortable old age.
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read moreThe Gurkhas are soldiers from Nepal who are recruited into the British Army, and have been for the last 200 years. Gurkhas are known to be as fearless in combat as they are good natured in daily life. Roughly 19,000 Gurkha soldiers have died during the many wars they've fought at Britain's side. Many thousands more have been wounded, and more still have returned to a life of hardship in Nepal. Here are 11 reasons to remind you just why the Gurkhas deserve our support. Today, the Gurkha soldiers remain an important part of the British Army.
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