A TEACHER at a Worcester academy who travelled to Nepal just two weeks before the first devastating earthquake is going back to the country to help with relief efforts.

Deputy head at Tudor Grange Academy Kevin Hall travelled to the country with a group of students in April, just weeks before the first 7.8-magnitute earthquake hit, killing more than 8,000 people and destroying 500,000 homes.

Now Mr Hall is travelling back to the country this week after raising £3,500 to pay for roofing materials and other items to help out with relief efforts run by the charity Sambhav Nepal.

“We’ve got photos of where we were standing when we were there and then another of the same place after the earthquake, and it’s just demolished,” he said.

“It is quite upsetting and it’s hit home for the students as well

“I’m hoping to get as much footage and photos as we can so we can come back with what’s it’s really like over there.”

Sambhav Nepal has already distributed 7,000kg of relief supplies and is planning on rebuilding schools in the Gorkha district, which was devastated by the first earthquake.

Mr Hall said: “The core aim is to focus on education for children and adults, as well as rebuilding some of the schools,” he said.

“They were doing that before the earthquakes but obviously it’s even more important now.”

Following the first earthquake on Monday, April 25 – the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal in more than 80 years – the country was hit by a second near Mount Everest registering 7.3 on the Richter scale on Tuesday, May 12, killing more than 200 people and triggering fresh landslides.

Mr Hall – who is covering his own travelling costs – said the academy was also planning a week of fundraising and awareness events for the week after half term, beginning Monday, June 1.

“We’re going to have a non-uniform day which is always a good money-spinner because everyone wants to do it,” he said.

“We’re also going to have a night under the stars in the back field.

“Students are allowed to bring just a sleeping bag and some basic materials such as tarpaulin to make a shelter to see what it’s like for people who have lost their homes.”

To donate to Mr Hall visit http://www.gofundme.com/tb2txxs or to help the Tudor Grange’s fundraising efforts contact the academy directly on 01905 454 627.