FCO have just updated their advice for travel in Nepal - 7 October 2015.

 As we had anticipated, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) travel advice has recently (7 October 2015) changed. Popular trekking routes such as Everest Base Camp and the Annapurna Circuit, along with the areas of Dolpo to the west and Kanchenjunga to the east, that were largely unaffected by the earthquake, are now off the FCO proscribed list. The official advice is that "the FCO no longer advises against travel to the following districts : Humla, Mugu, Dolpa, Mustang, Manang, Lamjung, Dhading, Nuwakot, Kavrepalanchok, Ramechhap, Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu, Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung ".

The new map from the FCO shows the areas safe to travel to as a green zone.

KE had already suspended treks in the 'orange zone' of the latest FCO map, including the Manaslu, Rolwalling and Langtang areas. However the rebuilding efforts of these local communities continues at a pace and we fully expect to resume operations to these areas in 2016.

Our first Nepal groups of this autumn season have already started their treks and they have received a warm welcome everywhere. In November, KE Director Glenn Rowley will be joining our Pokhara to Kathmandu mountain bike holiday and he will also be visiting the Annapurna and Everest regions.

>> View all Nepal autumn season adventures

Juniper Trust update

10 Schools to rebuild - $200,000 (£130,000) still required

The Juniper Trust, with voluntary supervision from Namgyal Sherpa and Abhishek Pande in Kathmandu, is embarking on an ambitious project to rebuild 10 schools in the most needy parts of Nepal which were devastated by the earthquake. Following the earthquake in April, life is getting back to normal throughout Nepal and most villages have been busy with the rice harvest to the end of September. It is only now, as we move into October and the monsoon rains ease, that rebuilding work can begin.

>> Read more from The Juniper Trust