Kathmandu, Feb. 5 -- Four members of a boat that took part in the world's most challenging competition to raise money for schools in Nepal have come third in a grueling trans-Atlantic rowing race.

Calum Barclay, Ashley Jones, Nick Kempster and Jack Carter took part in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge to row 5,000 km from the Canary Islands to the West Indies in 37 days.

"Being a Gurkha officer in the British Army, I had knowledge and love for Nepal, and we have so far raised enough money to build two schools in Nepal and hopefully we will raise more," says Ashley Jones. The two schools are in Taplejung in eastern Nepal.

The crew has a target of raising $300,000 for The Human Practice Foundation (HPF) to help build schools to educ...