A Worcester paramedic will be flying back out to Nepal this week to hand over thousands of pounds to the people who were left devastated by last year's horrific earthquakes.

Phil Llewellyn will be arriving in Kathmandu this weekend, along with £8,000 which he has raised through various fundraising events such as a charity ball, and setting up a charity organisation called Rebuild Nepal.

The money will be given directly to the people of the village, and from there it will be decided where it most needs to be spent. The travel to the country and back is funded by himself.

Mr Llewellyn, a paramedic with the West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: "If we go over there with the money ourselves, we know it's going straight to them and we can put it in their hands.

"From there we will look at where it needs to be spent most. It will be great to be able to give them the money that people have raised over here."

He will also be taking eight of his colleagues in the medical profession to Nepal, to go on a trek to Annapurna Base Camp, and will be employing guides from Nepal.

Mr Llewellyn , of Norton, says that since the earthquakes last year, the country's tourism trade is down 80 percent, and that providing tour guides used to be a lucrative profession for many people.

His travelling and fundraising adventures were the subject of a documentary which was broadcast on BBC One's Inside Out last year, too.

The Nepal Earthquake struck in April, killing more 8,000 people and injuring more than 21,000.

It also left hundreds and thousands of people homeless.

He has travelled to Nepal a number of times to provide humanitarian relief.