South Korean mountaineer Um Hong Gil is set to arrive in Nepal on Wednesday to lead a relief mission for communities affected by the August 26 floods.

Um, chairman of the Um Hong Gil Human Foundation, will oversee relief activities in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Gorkha and Dhading through October 1, according to a statement issued by the foundation on Tuesday.

The foundation said it would focus on remote areas that have been cut off by damaged roads and have received limited humanitarian and medical assistance.

The relief programme will include the distribution of medicines, tents and essential supplies, as well as medical camps and educational support. The foundation will distribute medicines and daily necessities in Rasuwa on September 25, conduct relief activities in Gorkha and Dhading on September 27, and hold a medical camp for displaced residents in Nuwakot on September 29.

On October 1, the foundation plans to provide scholarships to 32 students at Prithivi Narayan Secondary School in Kathmandu who lost family members in the floods. It will also distribute essential supplies at shelter camps in Tarkeshwor and near Swayambhunath.

The foundation said it had supported search-and-rescue efforts following the floods and had since shifted its focus to relief and recovery.

Its Nepal office has worked with local authorities to assess damage and identify areas requiring assistance. The foundation transferred its first tranche of relief funds on September 3 and delivered emergency medicines, medical supplies and patient tents to Uttar Gaya Health Post in the Rasuwa-Nuwakot flood zone on September 12.

Um had originally planned to visit Nepal in November to inspect school projects and take part in education programmes, but brought forward his visit because of the scale of the floods, according to the foundation.

The foundation was established in 2008 by Um, who became the first climber to summit all 16 Himalayan peaks above 8,000 metres. It runs education, scholarship and healthcare programmes in remote areas of Nepal and has established 20 schools in the country.

Chairman Um previously mobilised $100,000 in emergency relief through the foundation following the 2015 Nepal earthquake, and personally visited affected areas as head of a Korean Red Cross emergency relief team delivering food and essential supplies.