Contact:
01722 323 955 or info@gwt.org.uk
Welfare Advice:
Salisbury 01722 343 111, Aldershot 01252 329 460 or gurkhawelfare@gwt.org.uk
About the Charity
We enable Gurkha veterans, their families and their wider communities to live their lives with dignity in Nepal.
About the Gurkhas
Gurkhas are traditionally recruited from the hill people of Nepal, with roots right back to an 8th century Hindu warrior.
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