Every year, thousands of children fall victim to child sex trafficking in Nepal.
Tobias Vokuhl MCIOB is leading an ambitious project to build a safe home complex in the Kathmandu Valley where survivors can heal, resume their childhood and schooling, and safely prepare for a life of dignity and independence.
Tobias is determined to introduce sustainable building practices to Nepal, and has devised a way of using soil excavated on the site to make cement-stabilised earth blocks to build the complex’s guardhouse.
It’s a practice that he believes could reduce cost and waste more widely in the country.
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To raise around £30,000 needed to hire local people to make the blocks, and to pay for training and equipment, Tobias and his two teenage children, Ella and Jacob, are cycling 220km around the Annapurna Circuit in the Himalayas at the end of September 2025, reaching more than 5,400m altitude.
To support a project that is helping survivors, promoting sustainable construction, and providing local skills and employment, donate here: https://ally.org/vokuhl-family
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