This Fall, four of us -- Neerav Vyas, Jane Anderson and Ali Bachani from New York, and Kah-May Lee from London -- will be trekking 6 nights / 7 days to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro. With a peak towering 5,895m or 19,341 feet above sea leave, Mt Kilimanjaro is not just the tallest mountain in Africa, but also the world's tallest "free-standing mountain" (not part of a range of mountains).
We are looking to use our climb up to the peak to help kids affected / impacted HIV/AIDS. You can do this by clicking on the right on the donate / "ChipIn!" button.
Your donations will go to Peak 4 Poverty. Peak 4 Poverty's mission is to raise awareness about children who have either been infected, or affected by the AIDS/HIV virus in Tanzania. The philosophy is to empower these children through education so that they can achieve economic self sufficiency, access to affordable housing, health care, and meaningful employment on which they can build and secure a successful future.
The idea is not to provide them with only an education, but to provide support to these orphans from elementary school to college, and to arm them with the ability to fight poverty within their communities, and to perpetuate the cycle of volunteerism.
For more details, check out the following links:
- Peak 4 Poverty
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- The hike (specifically the Machame Route to the peak that we'll be taking; for a comparison of the routes, check out this link)
