Since 2001, Cranbrook School has supported various community assistance projects in Nepal and India through an organisation called CETOP (Cranbrook Explorers and Travellers Overseas Partnerships).

CETOP is a volunteer teacher and parent initiative. Projects have included building a school for young children in Ladakh in Northern India that provides the only formal education on offer in remote villages in the area. Cranbrook Junior School (K-6) has been involved in collecting supplies for local schools, funding teacher training programs, building projects and helping to set up dental clinics in Nepal for over ten years.

I am part of a group of Year 6 students at Cranbrook Junior School who are travelling to Nepal in April 2025 with parents and teachers as part of a CETOP trip.  Our purpose is to help improve the education and health conditions for remote local communities in the Rasuwa District in the Langtang region of Nepal. We will be trekking for several days visiting schools, handing over funds and delivering resources including dental products, school equipment etc. CETOP encourages Cranbrook students to actively participate in fundraising activities exposing them to ‘hand to hand’ giving. 

I am taking part in a sponsored walk  with my friends and our parents to raise funds for CETOP in February 2025. We will be walking 20km on the Bondi-Manly coastal route and hope that friends and family will help by sponsoring us!

Thank you
Jamie and Michael