Alan Hopson

A YOUTH worker and two intrepid young people are fundraising so they can volunteer at a village destroyed by an earthquake in 2015.

Alan Hopson, a senior youth worker at Holloway’s Prospex Youth Club, is preparing to travel to Barpak, a village in Nepal, in August.

He will go along with Hope Gallagher and Gracie Healey-O’Sullivan, both 16.

Gracie Healey-O’Sullivan

Mr Hopson said they will be “volunteering with the local school and helping support young people” in the village while also trekking from Kathmandu and white water rafting back, adding: “It’ll be life-changing.”

“Collectively we need to raise £8,400,” Mr Hopson added. “Where we are in Islington – people don’t have a lot of money. We don’t work with young people who are very privileged.”

Hope Gallagher

Barpak was the epicentre of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal in April 2015. Before the earthquake struck, Barpak was a picturesque village with scenic views of the surrounding mountains. After the disaster, fewer than 20 of the village’s 1,400 homes remained.